This morning’s web home page offered an update on the suffering in China. Now they have concerns about earthquake-created debris that has blocked rivers and created dangerous, growing lakes. Thousands are being evacuated from what is left of their hometowns. The death toll is already at 68,000 and moving near a numbing predicted peak of 80,000. That is [...]
Archive for May, 2008
What was she thinking?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, yeah.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is Sunday morning as I write this. More specifically, it is my favorite time of Sunday morning–very early, before anyone is yet here. I joke that my favorite time in the church sanctuary is when it is empty and when it is full. Both settings make for a loud experience. It will be loud [...]
Do Promises Matter?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Flush from a wedding, I am again struck by the power of promises.
I am a dad, so I have long felt the weight of my words. Kids expect you to mean what you say, and in musing aloud about how fun it might be to go here or there, I have had my boys come [...]
The Myth of Self-Invention
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mother’s Day resembles a syrup tasting conference. Sweet, sweet, sweet. I participate in it, and I certainly spread the syrup as far as a I can. Truth be known, it also holds some of the hardest memories of loss and disappointment. It is a delicate time.
It is about childhood, really, and no area [...]
Learning the Unlearned
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have used this space to tell the furstrating story of my doctoral degree progress. To cut to the chase, it has been the occasion of much humiliation and, finally, humility.
A new proposal left my hands yesterday. I am hopeful this one finds traction. Behind the work is an old lesson I once [...]
The Problem of Pleasure
Posted in Uncategorized on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It sounds funny coming from a preacher, but pleasure surely demands our time and attention. In fact, pleasure is one of the more interesting evidences for the existence of God.
I am simply recapping some reading I did recently on the subject, of course, but it is no less intriguing to me. While the issue of suffering is [...]
