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Tim

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About Me

Married, pursuing my wife's dreams, and loving each day of it. Someday I'll settle down but not yet.

My Interests

Swing Dancing (Lindy Hop, Charleston, Balboa), Art, Opera, Thinking, Apologetics, Theology, Mathematics, Money, Christmas

Music:

Armstong, Coltrane, Ellington, Basie, Fitzgerald, Monk, Bessie Smith, Mingus, Motzart, Samuel Barber, Lee Hoiby, Jake Heggie, Ricky Ian Gordon, Rufus Wainright

Movies:

Tombstone, Good Will Hunting, Exorcism of Emily Rose, Top Gun, Star Wars, It's a Wonderful Life, Vanilla Sky, White Christmas,

Television:

The Office, Heros, Friday Night Lights, My Name is Earl

Books:

The Total Money Makeover, Financial Peace Revisited, Money Posessions and Eternity, Problem of Pain, Descent Into Hell, Mere Christianity, Confessions, The Americans

My Blog

Obituary

I had the honor to write the obituary for Chris Kennedy. For perpetuity, here it is.Major Christopher M.J. Kennedy Birth: September 15, 1971 Death: August 2, 2007Few people accomplish everything they ...
Posted by Tim on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:10:00 PST

In Memoriam, Christopher M. Kennedy 1971-2007

Sarah and I received word on Friday morning at about 11:30 that her brother, her hero, her bestest friend, her inspiration, her big bad Marine brother had committed suicide on Thursday around mid day....
Posted by Tim on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 02:18:00 PST

Oh to Share an Identical Joy

Excerpted from Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis, chapter 10: The Lion ReturnsA circle of grass, smooth as lawn, met [Lucy's] eyes, with dark trees dancing all around it. And thenoh joy! For he was there...
Posted by Tim on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:51:00 PST

The Call

I just figured out why this whole thing bothers me so much.   From the home page of www.thecall.com "We are calling the Church to Church Street, to repent on behalf of ourselves, the Church, a...
Posted by Tim on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:04:00 PST

Confession and Repentence

In many regards the American Church (especially the so-called "Evangelical" iteration) often incurs much anger from me. Most recently my aggrivation is centered around the pervasive idea that when dea...
Posted by Tim on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:02:00 PST

Drained and the Art of Laziness

So lately I've felt stale; I've felt tired (emotionally, physically) and spiritually disengaged lately. Yesterday I bought Metamorpha by Kyle Strobel at Barnes and Noble. As I was driving away I was t...
Posted by Tim on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:05:00 PST

Regularity revisited

Yes, so here nearly a month later is the first post after my bold proclamation that I would write, something, regularly. I must confess I didn't really mean once a month.The truth is my head is swimmi...
Posted by Tim on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:09:00 PST

Regularity

One of my goals for this year is to write regularly, specifically right essays and reflections. Well until now I've done that almost exclusively in the swing dancing realm (if you care to see lemme kn...
Posted by Tim on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:09:00 PST

Resolution

After two weeks I've finally come to a solid conclusion. Dependence on God does not require that one actually gives away the entirety of one's income, what it does require is the acknowledgement that ...
Posted by Tim on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:02:00 PST

Vow of Dependancey

What if you took a vow of dependence? I am not saying a vow of poverty (though I suppose the argument could be made that they are one in the same - though I suggest that the motivation differentiates ...
Posted by Tim on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:31:00 PST