Category: Real Life

  • Deeper Still (from the very, very cheap seats)

    I almost bought a ticket for the LifeWay Deeper Still event in Birmingham.  It took place this past weekend, and I had the time and money to go.  I was thiiiis close to going to withdraw money from my savings account to buy myself a ticket.  Then I had to consider whether or not it…

  • Thoughts on family and church life

    I’m in the middle (and I mean that quite literally: when I opened to my bookmark earlier today, the book lay open flat without my holding either side) of Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas. For those of you who’ve read it, I’ve reached the chapter detailing Bonhoeffer’s founding of his seminary at…

  • Learning is fun{ny}

    Abbey: Guess what is the hardest part of my body? Me: Ummm, your head! Abbey: Nope. I know something you don’t know! Me: Well, tell me. What’s the hardest part of the body? Abbey: My enormal; it’s even harder than my booooonesssss. Me: Your what? Abbey: My enormal! Me: I think you mean enamel, Sweetie.…

  • Double dreams! What do they mean?

    The last couple of nights I have had two of the strangest dreams. The weirdest part is that I remember them! I hope they amuse you as much as they do me. Monday morning I awoke with a mental picture of my friend April holding a baby and riding an elephant. I had traveled to…

  • 7 am – 7:45 am

    I’ve been up since about 5:20 this morning.  Nothing noteworthy about that; I only mention it because it is now 7 and I’m only beginning to write something.  I had high hopes of writing about something from Isaiah (from this morning’s reading), but it ain’t gonna happen.  Want to know why? Of course you do.…