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 […]

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 […]

Liturgical Spin Cycle

Growing up Pentecostal, the faith was focused on experience. Emotional ecstasy was the goal of worship. About my junior year of college (at a Pentecostal school), a friend of mine invited me to go to church with him. I was a drama geek at the time and he was the cool rogue guy who was […]

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 […]

Just a moment

On a whim, I bought tickets to the National Symphony Orchestra. We needed something to break the cloud of sadness that currently surrounds our house. I really wish when they told us that we needed to begin cathing, that we just would have started right then. The dread almost seems worse than the task itself. […]

Memorial Day Dental Floss

It is a three day weekend; so I guess I will floss. Work was good today. The office was nearly deserted. As a result I got more work done than expected. I am enjoying a brief lull in activity since I am getting 2 more projects in June. Eeek. I am sort of […]