For the past couple of weeks, each bright, new, hopeful morning has been accompanied by the misery of itchy, swollen eyes, mucousy coughs, unrelenting sneezing and a runny nose that flows like the Euphrates. This isn’t new for me, in fact, for most of my life I have suffered under the tyrannous reign of allergens. … Continue reading Allergies, Needle Anxiety & Growth
Our family was recently given a basketball hoop by some very gracious friends. Their children are all grown and out of the house now and they didn’t want the thing in their driveway anymore (especially after the wind blew it over on one of their cars). And even though our kids are way too little … Continue reading Driveway Basketball
This is not about prison. Sorry if the title misled you... Back in October I started in on one of those “read through the Bible in a year” plans. I don't do this every year, but I think it's a wise discipline to take on every few years. Otherwise we tend to read only a … Continue reading Living A Great Sentence
I lived my entire life in Virginia. That is, until I moved to Florida six years ago this month. There are many things I miss about life in Virginia but most of them are really more about the seasons of life that occurred there and less about the place itself. I think we sometimes glamorize … Continue reading Virginia Is For Lovers… and Weather :: Thoughts On Seasons Of Life
The other day, my friend Pedro was telling me about a trip to the zoo that he just took with a few friends. The zoo is not quite the same experience as when you’re a kid you know. He was telling me that, even while they enjoyed checking out the animals, he felt a sense … Continue reading Lazy Lions Licking Lollipops…
If I weren’t a Christian I think I’d be really tempted to be a subjective relativist. You know, the guys who believe that truth is relative and no one can really know what it is. I could be friends with all kinds of cool people who smoke hookah pipes, wear scarves in the summer and … Continue reading Meet Sam The Skeptic
I started drinking coffee in the 5th grade. My parents did it and my older brother started doing it, so I figured I should give it a shot (no pun intended). And like most kids, college girls and girly men, I killed it with an irrational amount of cream and sugar. It was something like … Continue reading Room For Cream?
Yesterday I was in the middle of my normal morning routine… shower, clothes, brushing teeth, flossing (eh, who am I kidding… I floss, like, twice a year). Anyway, the TODAY show was on, as usual. And I hear a little knock on the door and Gavin walks in, “Daddy, can you tie my shoes?” Which … Continue reading Parental Advisory :: This Book Contains Explicit And Violent Scenes
A couple weeks ago I was having this great conversation with a friend over coffee. It was mostly about music theory, which for me is a great conversation because I’m a nerd like that. It brought back some memories of my music courses in college. If you are ever feeling over-confident and think that you … Continue reading Do, Re, Mi :: Thoughts On Theory And Practice
When you are looking for a good title for your blog, you usually want to find something that is really eye catching. Sometimes the actual course of my thoughts is so strange that I don’t even need to try and come up with something catchy. This is a good example. This week I saw Toy … Continue reading Thoughts On Toy Story And Death…
