I Will Survive

If I did one thing wrong, he was not averse to smacking me upside the head, or so I thought.

Now is the winter of our…

Discontent For those of you who have followed by blog over the years, I sincerely apologize if I have caused you metaphysical whiplash. But here I go again. I have been thinking a lot about the book Naked Spirituality again, specifically winter. I won’t bore you with my substandard summary. But I will say that […]

Human: Individuals or Organelles?

When I was in High School, I worked summers at a day camp. Most days we went on a field trip of some sort. On one particular day, we went to a local park. We started to play kickball and all of the counselors participated. It was a particularly hot day, so I kicked off my […]

Afterlife Lotto

I admit it. I bought 4 Mega Millions tickets. I got 2 for the Wednesday drawing and 2 for the Friday. “But Ben, why would you throw away 4 perfectly good dollars.” Two reasons: 1. There is not much risk on the front end. I will not miss $4. 2. The potential rewards are freakishly […]

Legacy Code

I had my Imagine meeting this morning. It was our second to the last meeting. Not sure what comes next, but I’m open to possibilities. We are reading the book Naked Spirituality by Brian McLaren. I had procrastinated all week and as of noon yesterday, I had not read the second half of the book […]

Imagine, part 7

Thud! I start this posting with a quote from Pink Floyd’s The Wall. It is written from the perspective of a husband to his wife. But I use it here to describe the next phase of my faith journey. Day after day, love turns grey Like the skin of a dying man. Night after night, […]

Imagine, part 6

Crash! I preface this post with a couple of thoughts. It is impossible for me to put into words how much I love my son. He inspires me daily. Let me be clear I do not in any way, shape or form blame him for what happened to me. What follows is purely the result […]

Imagine, part 5

TnT, pride before the Called So after moving to Virginia, we started attending a medium size Methodist Church. It was such an unlikely pairing; formerly hardcore Pentecostals meet the mainline church. But as I mentioned in the previous post, we loved it. I started attending a Bible study. At the time, I had a skater […]

Imagine, part 4

You may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?” –Talking Heads So this is the last assignment for my Imagine group. Describe your faith journey as an adult, age 27+. I will break this post into at least two segments. Well the thing that had the biggest impact on my faith at age 27 […]

Imagine, part 2

On three: One, Three, Two… I know, I know, I already published part 3. I winged part 2 at the meeting, but I want a complete set so here goes Paradise Lost So purely from a faith standpoint, I had a pretty great early childhood. But unfortunately as I got older, the adults around me […]