One day he preached a sermon, and then the next he looked at his life, and he realized the only lecture he ever wanted to again offer needed to be spoken in the clarity of his actions, in the honesty of his transactions, in the gracefulness of his interactions, in the gentleness of his...
Read more →I’ve mentioned Steven Pressfield before. Not only is he the author of a few notably good tales (including Gates of Fire and The Legend of Bagger Vance), but he is also a writer who has written about writing and being a writer. He wrote those latter books to try and help budding writers to...
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This weekend was largely enjoyable because of a mix of activities. Saturday I got up early and went out to Corrales to try and learn more about using my camera out by the river. In time, I and my sister texted and agreed to meet at the Biopark downtown for more photography adventures. On...
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I met a friend for dinner last week after work one night, and as I was driving up Menaul towards the mountains, I decided I had listened to the CD in the CD player enough for the last two weeks and I flipped over to the FM channels. I fast-forwarded through a few stations...
Read more →“Welcome to Omni Space Adventures, where No Star is Too Far™. My name is Niall. How may I help you today?” His face warped and fuzzed on the view screen. “Yes- hello- are you real?” “Of course. Punch me, and I will bawl my eyes out.” “That is a strange thing to say.” “It...
Read more →It’s a mountain to climb over- all that I know all that I see all that I owe All that I’m wanting all that I’ve blown all I deserve all that I own All that consumes me all I must say all I must accomplish all I must pay All I belong to all...
Read more →But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” ~Matthew 9:13 I was walking to lunch earlier this week, just thinking about life, observing people passing by me on the sidewalk, and cars driving by in the road near work....
Read more →Despite the fact the calendar said it was Halloween eve this evening, it was really just another night to watch baseball, and I was grateful after work to be able to go enjoy dinner and visit with my parents for a while before Game 6 of the World Series kicked off. This game, like...
Read more →Unable to climb out from under whatever was sitting on me tonight, I put on the movie “Invincible”, the Disney film about 31-year Philadelphia bartender and part-time school teacher Vince Papale who walked on to the Eagles when new head coach Dick Vermiel held an open tryout in the summer of 1976. Papale, who...
Read more →When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. ~ I Corinthians 13:11 It’s funny that this verse has been on my mind the last week or so. I am...
Read more →The man of conscience blusters in the forum, child of the chosen ones, inspired and empowered to usher in His holy dominion upon the backs of his constituents, aided by the kindness of lobbyists and the prescience of the preachers. God put these men in office, God put this plan in motion, God put...
Read more →Blessed is the man who pays his debts, known and unknown, whose thoughts remain on keeping a clean slate and correct books and remaining daily in good standing and not inviting time in the prison. He lives for more than for what he hungers and submits his wants to his needs, and submits his...
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I felt this was adequate for today’s post. The message remains solid. “Good enough’s not good enough Don’t complain that you’ve got it tough With all you have your life’s a bore Can’t relax you want so much more Blind needs won’t set you free Can’t you see that Time is slipping away But...
Read more →I have thoroughly enjoyed seeing my nephews grow up a little bit at a time in their school activities. When my sister’s eldest was in school, he was in drama for a while, and it was great to see him on stage, growing from a kid to a young adult. In the last few...
Read more →I was grateful tonight to go out and walk with my sister on the trails in the foothills at the east end of Spain Road. By the time we were a decent distance from the access parking lot, the sunset to the west was fading, and shadows were melding with the charcoal luminescence of...
Read more →This morning at work, to quell the mood of a Monday, I put my earphones on and fired up Pandora to listen to my Dave Koz station. And for a moment, I was back in Marin County. I was in a cool fall evening, in a moment when the sky was a deepening purple...
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