After finishing seminary, I had an opportunity to hop a plane and then ride trains all around western Europe for six weeks. One morning near the end of my journey, I was wandering a busy street in the center of Oxford, England, when I witnessed one of the most amazing and beautiful performances of...
Read more →Yeah, I know- it’s popular. And it’s romantic crap. But I like this popular romantic crap.
Read more →Disregard what the YouTube description says. This is me and my brother getting down at a dance in college. We were a lot shorter then. And my brother really loved long belts. And that was pretty much the only music played out here in Nuevo Mexico, ’cause it was so long ago. We worked...
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I don’t know what the deal is, but I am enjoying a round of nausea this afternoon. My guess it is the result of re-upping on a medication, but it could also be my stomach’s unhappy handling of a mug of coffee this morning, or a reaction to something else I have eaten. I...
Read more →I could watch this all day. I might.
Read more →I had a good talk tonight with my friend Gwen. Gwen became a friend through the dance club here in town. After being dance club acquaintances for a while, we ended up deciding to get coffee one Sunday afternoon, in which I got her life story (a tough one) and a lot of understanding...
Read more →It’s been a good day, long but decent. I think all I have tonight is that I am reminded once again that I am not good with intimate relationships, and that I am confused by them and how people wander into them, and I am not sure I know what one even looks like....
Read more →Boys take, Men give. Boys criticize, Men create. Boys complain, Men solve. Boys consume, Men serve. Boys pout, Men endure. A post by John Bryson at his site, johnbryson.org. John has started a new site for men on being men that is worth checking out: authenticmanhood.com.
Read more →Another weekend closes down. I am entering this post after finishing up a good 7 hours of being at work staring at the project that won’t build itself. Not all of this time has been spent on programming. I am still in a mental fog from sleep hunger and whatever else is stifling my...
Read more →God’s grace, once tasted, is irresistible. “I can’t help myself. I’m gonna run to you.”
Read more →It’s now Friday morning in what has felt like one of the longest short work weeks of my life. I’ve felt chronically tired since stepping in the office Tuesday morning, and it has been an overall tired, complete with a hunger for sleep, a mushy mind, two golfer’s elbows, achy arm muscles, and a...
Read more →I don’t know why I don’t change the name of this section to Dear Diary. Cause that’s what these are. Diary entries. Oh well. Day was good, but long. I’ve continued to struggle with a problem in being able to finish a particular project at work, and I know the client is a little...
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My day started out after I left for work with a stop for gas, and at the station I was greeted by this incredibly vivid butterfly. It was sitting on a short wall near a pump and looked so out of place. After checking it out for a few, I moved it to a...
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Today was a good Labor Day, although I continued to feel tired most of the day. The bulk of the day was spent at home. After a year of captivity, I let the cats out to scout the house. My little boy was like, “Meh.” The little girl came downstairs and cautiously checked out...
Read more →In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.~ Judges 21:25 How interesting it is that this is the verse that concludes the Book of Judges. It aptly summarizes the history of Israel in this period as the nation, without clear leadership and convictions, tumults from strength into weakness, and...
Read more →It’s Sunday evening, about 8:40, and I am tapped out. For the middle of a holiday weekend, I feel drained, and as if there is not enough time to get done what I need to get done. It was my hope to get headway made on one pressing project at work, and another one...
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