Peace

I am having a tranquil day. My most ambitious projects are already done (turn the garden water supply on and fill the tree gators). My wife is out of town and my son is playing contently with his new friend. As I write this, I am looking out the window on a gray Saturday morning. […]

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. […]

The Saturday Greedies

For the most part, I am not a materialistic guy. But once a week on Saturday morning, I read the sale ads. Something crazy comes over me and I want want want. My current obsession is flat screen TVs. I bought my current TVs at Goodwill. I just have this overwhelming desire to go high-end […]

Not the three toed variety

So the past couple of nights, I have been watching the history channel. They have had a cheesy documentary on the Seven Deadly Sins. I found it all very interesting until they did the show on Sloth. Then I started feeling a little uncomfortable. Now I have always thought of sloth as being lazy, not […]

Sunday school *3

Week 3 of Sunday school: This week is about being thankful. It is funny how I can be so cynical in adult worship, but so open to God while teaching Sunday school. In spite of all my negative mutterings on this blog, I am stunned by God’s sustaining my family. Statistically, I should be divorced […]

For a Klondike Bar?

I am afraid to turn on the TV. It is so sad that to get elected in this country, you have to destroy your opponent. If you can’t win someone over with persuasive arguments, you impugn their character. It got me to wondering, is there anything I want so bad that I would violate […]

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 […]

Blur

I just woke up and I have not had coffee, a dangerous combination. Well I have had a couple of days to get used to the idea of cathing, and it is not the end of the world. One nice thing we discovered was that the nurse at Ethan’s new school knows how to cath. […]

Having My Cake and Eating It Too

It is a miserable rainy day today. I had a lot of excitement at work this morning, but now it has died down. I am basically done with my assignments for the day. There are a lot of projects I could start, but I am not motivated enough to tackle any new work. I […]

Howdy Stranger

I notice that as life goes along, I pick up more and more social responsibilities. The interactions are equally divided between necessity and drudgery. Almost all revolve around casual acquaintances. Not that I don’t like being around people, quite the contrary. But I find casual acquaintances tedious. Small talk is not a gift of mine. […]