fathers

I haven’t posted much lately, mostly because I haven’t got anything to say and the book project is taking up a lot of my mental energy. I just haven’t had anything interesting to say.
I was re-reading Robertson Davies‘ Deptford Trilogy to immerse myself in great writing. I probably read it once every couple of years. [...]

Confessions of a Failed Faster

I know you’re not supposed to announce your fasting, but I’m not fasting anymore, so I think it’s okay. I’m not trying to raise my spiritual profile with tales of exorbitant fasting. I don’t have any.
In the tradition I grew up in (mental fundamentalist) we didn’t really talk about fasting. We didn’t talk about gluttony [...]

My wife talks about my kids… again

My wife is funny, as are my children, although in entirely different ways.
For example, when Simon throws up on the carpet while trying to do pushups, funny.
When Teddi does it, not so funny.
Here’s another update on our family

what happens while you’re doing other things

I’ve been having a bit of writer’s block lately. Mostly feeling like I don’t have anything interesting to say. In a moment of desperation I asked my wife what I should write about and she said I should write about her, and love, ‘cause it’s Valentine’s Day soon. She didn’t think I’d actually do it, [...]

Redneck past revisited

Okay, apparently you can only pick eight drivers, which is actually easier.
Jeff Gordon                      $2,000,000
Dale Earnhardt Jr           $1,280,000
Clint Bowyer                    [...]

If you’re afraid that they’ll discover your redneck past…

Don’t join a NASCAR pool. We have a family pool and this is my first year joining. You get to pick ten drivers and have a salary cap of 10, 000, 000.
Jimmie Johnson $2,100,000 Dave Blaney $590,000
Jeff Gordon [...]

Blogs I read

I often see blogs with dozen of other blogs listed in their site. I wonder does this person actually read all of these different blogs? Do they know all these people? How do I get my blog on here?
In case I’m not completely strange I’ll tell you a little bit about the blogs to which [...]

tricycles

If you ever get a chance to read A Tale of Three Kings by Gene Edwards I highly recommend it. It’s basically a book about suffering and brokenness with no easy answers. I’ve come back to again lately.
The basic premise is this: God desires a heart willing to follow him more than he desires our [...]

table

I’m going to stick with worry again today. It’s on my mind today and I think there a lot of us for who worry, rather than being an unfamiliar and foreign land, feels almost like home.
A while back I found myself returning again and again to Psalm 23. I didn’t like it at first. Psalm [...]

dizzy

I have to preface his post by mentioning that I wrote this in the summer. Every once in a while I have a rough day and I start listening to the voice in my head that tells me I’m not good at writing or communicating, that I’m a lousy pastor and I should just focus [...]