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 […]

Imagine, part 3

Four Years in the Desert Young adulthood kicked off with the end of college. By some miracle, I graduated from Bethany on time with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. I wanted to go to grad school to become a therapist, but my student loan dept (modest by today’s standards) freaked me out. I needed a […]

More than meets the eye

I love driving from the Eisenhower tunnel, down through the Rocky Mountains and into Denver (my home town). As you go barreling down I-70, you round one mountain, just to see another, and another and another. And just when you think that you are forever trapped in this rocky landscape, you round a curve and […]

Groupy

I start this post with a quote. I would never want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member. –Woody Allen as Alvy Singer in Anne Hall Something rather unexpected has happened. I joined a … … not sure what to call it. It is a group. I can […]

Dressing for Success

My mother taught me a lesson that has become part of the core of who I am. It was a very short anecdote from the church she grew up in. Every Easter at Glad Tidings Assembly of God, the pastor’s wife wore and old and often out of style dress. Why? She did not want […]

Center of the Universe

This is a belated entry. It actually took place a couple of weeks ago. I struggle as a parent of a child with a disability. When you parent a child with special needs, you are in somewhat uncharted territory, even more so when your child’s disability is rare. You can’t just run down to Target […]

Integrity or Exhibitionism

I was talking with my therapist last night. The subject as always was on religion. About half way through the hour, I realized that we were not on the same page. I was talking about my anxiety about being honest about my spiritual state with people I am close to. I told him I really […]

1.2.3.4, I declare a thumb blog

I am trying something new today, mobile blogging. At the moment I am in the bus queue waiting for the…ah there it is. Ahhhh air conditioning! “Love Stinks” is on my iPOD. I am reminded of a staff retreat I attended when I worked at Bethany. We were asked to share our favorite love song. […]

Super Glued Friendship

Yesterday, I met with a friend that I had not spoken to because of an argument. He had told me over a year ago that he was sorry, but I was not ready to hear it. I probably “accepted” his apology at the time. But my hope was that I would never see him again. […]

Forgiveness II

So tomorrow is the day I am meeting with an old friend who was indirectly responsible for really hurting my wife. When I asked for the meeting, I was not sure what I would say. Funny thing. The act of asking for the meeting seems to have released a lot of the anger I felt. […]