25 Things about Me

I could never answer the question: What do you want to be when you grow up? I had two reoccurring nightmares as a child. Jesus is tied to the railroad tracks and I am trying to untie him before the train rolls over him. Satan is in the sewer drain and drags me by […]

David, say it isn’t true

I have a new favorite book. It is David Sedaris’ book When You Are Engulfed in Flames. Two things really struck me about the book. First I love the way he peals away at his own hypocrisy. It really is damning. Christians tend to think they have a monopoly on hypocrisy, but it really […]

Outta the Park

Some days are just better than other. Some days are just great. Today is one of those days. Work was work; but I did have a nice lunch out in the pavilion. After work, I took Ethan to his baseball game. It was a perfect night for baseball. We were on the nice […]

Sorry

Last night Jenn and I were lazing around the house watching “Terminator” reruns. Ethan came in for the night so we switched off that channel and tried to find something age appropriate. The Incredibles was on, but Ethan was not interested. He wanted to watch The Backyardigans. My brain can only coast in neutral so […]

Noodle Salad

I want noodle salad. Watch the clip and you will understand. At my old church, I attended a Men’s retreat. We were in small groups and the leader asked everyone to share the greatest moment of their lives. Without exception, all of them said, the birth of their child. That my […]

Spoiler

The Fam and I went out to dinner with some friends from our old church. They felt the need to tell Jenn and me how awful the new music director is. It was my hope that I had “moved on” since leaving Floris. But their comments lanced a hidden boil in my soul. It […]

Grading my faithfulness…

So…Yesterday…is over for now. Ethan was scheduled for an MRI at 10:30. Since kids cannot sit still long enough for the test, they have to be given general anesthesia. So they wanted us to show up at 9:00 to do all the paperwork and pre-op stuff. We left the house a little after 7. […]

Play Ball

Ethan gets his Uniform He is so proud of his uniform. He can’t wait to play After getting washed out by rain last week, Ethan finally had his opening game. He begged us to join the league, and I think it was well worth the investment. He had so much fun. I feel so […]

It is great to live in the 21st Century

It is amazing to me the variety of everything that is available to us at this moment in history, specifically music. I listen to an online music service at work. Today I was listening to the Mozart Requiem. The next son was Urban Dance Squad singing “Deeper Shade of Soul”, followed by the Clash and […]

Books & Blogs

In addition to reading blogs, I am reading a couple of books at home and listening to an audio book on the way to work. This is not an original idea, but books are very much like friends. For a given block of time they have your full attention. You are “listening” to the author’s […]