I wrote this up about a month and a half ago. Thinking back over the last few years, and also about the plateau of what’s left of my life before me, I asked myself, “What is really important to me? What does a meaningful life look like when it is done?” It certainly would...
Read more →Tonight after work I ran a few errands to help get the house more ready to receive summer guests, and then when I came home, I decided to make a pot of goulash, and to listen to a podcast by Tom Nelson. Tom Nelson is the pastor of Denton Bible Church in Denton, Texas,...
Read more →It’s a bit after 10 this evening, and looking back on the weekend, it was a good weekend for catching up. I was happy this weekend to catch up on my dishes, my laundry, and general housekeeping. I was able to hang with some friends from the dance club on Friday night for dinner,...
Read more →In my continued variation in reading, I have been reading “Surprised by Grace” by Tullian Tchividjian, in which he takes a look at the story of Jonah as a vehicle for the gospel. I really like Tchividjian’s writings because as a teacher, his thought and theology is firmly planted in the primacy of Jesus’...
Read more →I started trying to write a really deep and cool post earlier today which I thought would totally come together this evening- a post about how becoming a Christian is like a making a big move from one country to another, and how it is not only like making a big move like that, but...
Read more →I’m a melancholy. This means I often wade out into each day half-cocked, one foot in and one foot out, anticipating morning misgivings and wishing my work space was a mattress-lined, dimly-lit den, and that my work was simply to wake up and go back to sleep five times a day. My mood grabs...
Read more →“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” ~ Cicero Tonight I met my friend Jenise for dinner, and we took some time to catch up about life over Christmas break. After sharing about how the week blew by, and talking about what we each did, we turned to talk...
Read more →For much of my adult life, I have wrestled with the power of shame, and its significance in the making and breaking of the self, and of relationships. I have struggled with its subversive destructiveness all of my life, and as a result thought as a younger man I would take some time one...
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