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Advent JourneyUpdate from TimSaturday, December 13, 2025 As Mother Goose says, Home again, home again giggity gig! Yesterday afternoon my nurse took me for a walk around the unit tethered by one of those big orange gait belts used to hoist patients back onto their feet in the event they find themselves on their ass.…

Advent Journey 2025Update from TimThursday December 11, 2025 Tomorrow marks a full week since I found myself in the Endeavor Edwards Hospital Critical Neuro Intensive Care Unit and it looks like I’ll be here for a while as we try to figure out what is going on inside my head (something educators, employers, clients and…

Advent JourneyUpdate from Tim,Wednesday, December 10, 2025 “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.”‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭9‬:‭2‬ ‭ Yesterday Gabriel visited and transported me to a place where I saw a great light. Literally. Ok. Gabriel wasn’t an Angel…

Tuesday, December 8, 2025 Update from Tim Greetings all from Endeavor Edwards Naperville Hospital Critical Neuro Intensive Care Unit Room 6609. Matthew 11: 2-11, the lectionary text for the 3rd Sunday in Advent. This week we find our hero, John the Baptist in the lockup (tradition tells us in the fortress at Machaerus) awaiting his…

Update from TimMonday, December 8, 2025 Interdum, mala simpliciter fiunt. The Latin phrase “Interdum, mala simpliciter fiunt” translates “Sometimes, bad things just happen”. I prefer the vulgar English translation, Shit happens. This philosophical concept surfaced during our conversation with my neurologist Dr. Ahmed Hassan when he presented a working diagnosis explaining why my entire left…

Update from Tim Sunday, December 7, 2025 In much of the Christian tradition, the season of Advent serves as our time of marking a new year. It is a time of preparation and anticipation awaiting the incarnation of Emanuel, God with us. It’s also a time when we consider the end of time as we…

Secrets of Hidden Lake, the story of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s Hidden Lake. A documentary by Tim Frakes with the Lombard Historical Society. 56:30 For 30 years, my family and I have lived across the road from the DuPage County Forest Preserve’s Hidden Lake. I’ve trekked nearly every square inch. And on…

Will you still need me, when I’m sixty-four? If the first half of 2025 is any indication, the answer is yes. On June 1 I celebrate my 64th trip around the sun and give thanks for great opportunities, interesting stories and meaningful video production work in the faith-based, non-profit business space. My colleague Stacey Adams…