Mr. Incredible is just like … me!
Some years ago I had the delightful experience of watching The Incredibles. I wasn’t a child anymore (was I maybe 18?) and for some reason (was it a rainy holiday?) […]
Category Archives: Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice
My Ideals Aren’t Perfect
I don’t mind admitting I’m a bit of a dreamer. To coin some familiar language, I believe in change, I’m a “yes we can” sort of person, and sometimes find […]
The end of all our exploring…
Philosopher David Hume should be celebrating his 305th birthday about now. He was born on May 7th (which was April 26th before the Calendar Act of 1750), so his birthday […]
Be Happy
It usually takes about five or six days. When one of my wife or I am traveling, this tends to be the threshold beyond which I start to feel strangely disoriented or […]
Tough Friendship
No one told me about it. I used to have a nice pair of black shoes, my favorite, the first gift Sarah ever gave me, but which acquired a doubtful […]
The Fear of Belonging
Why are we afraid of belonging? Because we lose control? Independence? Pride? I thought about these questions flying back home from a hug-filled conference in Lisbon, when islands of saneness […]
God is not an idea
“The Word became flesh.” Ever heard that phrase? I wasn’t aware of how explosive it felt to the original readers of the Gospel of John until I did some digging […]
Christianity isn’t for the faint-hearted
Do you want to get well? It seemed such an obvious question. Jesus once met a man who had been a paralytic for 38 years – and asked if he […]
A Label I’m Learning to Embrace
I’m not made in the image of a phone. But I do believe I’m made in the image of a loving God, who respects people as people, and objects as objects. And never shall the twain meet.
Call Me an Expert
I’m an expert. Whatever you want to know, just ask me. A quick trip to Wikipedia, a glance at a news website and some soundings in the blogosphere (which, by […]
Wondering Fair 