Editor’s note: This blog was started on Tuesday, continued on Wednesday, (the day of the poop debacle) and then finished on Thursday. Just thought you all would want to know.  What is the worst prayer imaginable?  It’s for patience right?  Well, I’ve come to discover that contentment is a first cousin to patience, and it’s… Continue reading Contentment

Being parents of a nearly three-year old, we hear that a lot around our house. It is, at best, a mixed blessing. There are many things she can now do for herself, but many of them aren’t the sort of thing you’d really want someone her age to do on a regular basis. *1* Still,… Continue reading I do it myself

So, I started a post yesterday, but my four month old decided he needed my attention before I could finish it, and since it is impossible to work with a baby screaming in the background *1* I dutifully stepped away from my computer and held a fussy Oliver for a couple of hours. Then it… Continue reading I believe in the holy catholic church…

I’ve been hiatus for the last couple of weeks, though not entirely by choice. It’s our desire to update this blog at least once a week, and I’ve been pretty good about that so far, though I can see how easily that can be derailed through even a minor change in circumstances.  Two weeks ago… Continue reading Sick

Today is ash Wednesday, a name that could refer to the color of the sky outside my window, but actually refers to the start of Lent for many Christians who follow the traditional, liturgical church calendar. All across the country today Christians will go to worship, take the bread and the cup, and receive a… Continue reading Ashes

If our most common conversation on a long car ride is the million dollar question *1*, then the conversation Donnette and I have the second most often on such trips is, “what are we going to name our next child?” I must be easily influenced by road signs, because I usually ask Donnette this question… Continue reading Names

With the holidays and ordination now behind me, I decided to try to find a part-time job. We managed to get through seminary without taking on much debt, but babies are expensive, and we’ve had two in the last three years, and so I thought that, if I could find the right situation, maybe it… Continue reading Compromise

Though I’m sure they’d been around for decades, I was in college when I saw my first televangelist. It was a late night, my friends and I were watching Simpsons reruns, and when the channel was turned, there the guy was, crying into his shirt sleeve and promising that if we would just send him… Continue reading Needs….

It’s interesting that, for most people, affiliation with a sports team isn’t really something that one chooses, but rather, a decision that one is born into. If you’re born in Alabama, you’re automatically a fan of the Tide, unless your family doesn’t like winning as often, in which case you pull for the Tigers. If… Continue reading Sports fan

Just about four years ago exactly, having been prompted by some friends to do so, I wrote a list of 25 things about myself. The beginning of a New Year is often a time of reflection, as well as a time for looking forward to what is to come. I thought it would be fun,… Continue reading 25 *New* Things…