Clarification about Ambivalence |
It has been clear to me since I was 14 years old and a freshman in high school that the Ancient of Days (Universe Maker) is also a Great Mystery. I am now a middle age 42 years old and reflecting on h...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:29:00 GMT |
When Blessings are Abundance and Waste |
A blessing is sometimes abundance with lots of unintended waste. Now is the season to pick peaches. When I purchased and planted the two peach trees three years ago (2004), who could have imagined th...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 21:29:00 GMT |
20 minutes with daughter Maya |
After the rain had stopped falling and before the sky grew dark yesterday, Maya looked at me and said excitedly, "Daddy, let's go out...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:13:00 GMT |
Part 2: Death of a Parent |
"Mama" is the name I used when I talked with my mother. Mama started smoking when she was 15 years old and living in New Orleans. Sixty-one years later, after becoming a wife and a mother and a grandm...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:02:00 GMT |
Death of a Parent: Reflections, Part 1 |
Mama died on Wednesday evening, May 2, 2007. She was 76 years old.Her health was in slow decline in recent years. In the last 1.5 years she used a wheelchair increasingly. In the last six months she r...
Posted by on Tue, 29 May 2007 11:01:00 GMT |
Chronic suffering, learning, and growth |
Maybe a week or two before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Windows XP on this computer contained a fatal flaw, which resulted in having to reinstall the operating system. Because I had neglect...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:48:00 GMT |
Marriage and the necessity of prayer |
Possibly the biggest surprise thus far in my marriage is how often my marriage forces me to pray. This process of two-becoming-one is a DAILY struggle that I face and experience spiritual growth and r...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:41:00 GMT |
