Something in me, dark and sticky All the time it’s getting strong No way of dealing with this feeling Can’t go on like this too long This time you’ve gone too far This time you’ve gone too far This time you’ve gone too far I told you, I told you, I told you, I...
Read more →The lyrics have been going through my mind this morning. Love ain’t love until you give it away. — “Give It Away” She asked him for forever And a promise that would last He said, “Babe, you know I love you But I can’t commit to that” She said “Love isn’t love ‘Til you...
Read more →Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. ~ Psalm 146:1-2 It’s been a good week the last week, although the more I seem to try and understand life, the less I seem...
Read more →Peter Cetera is famous for his Chicago hits and his duets. I didn’t really know who Crystal Bernard was until I saw her in shows from the last year or two of the series she was in, “Wings”, and I thought she was cute and funny. I came across Cetera’s fourth solo project at...
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Some funk-a-riffic tunage by a group shared with me by Ben Savoca, king of electrofunk and cool story bromanship, and who happens to look curiously like the lead singer of this group. What’s up with that, Ben?
Read more →I’ve continued my slow trek through the Old Testament by striding through II Samuel over the last few weeks, and have been grateful to take a closer look at the life of David. There are moments when reading passages about him that I have breathed a sigh of relief and thought “If this guy...
Read more →Tonight, after taking time to make two loaves of bread, I watched a documentary my friend Gwen Sun loaned me, encouraging me to understand what had happened in a country she loves. The documentary, made by a British journalist named John Pilger, was filmed in 1979, four years after America’s withdrawal from Cambodia allowed...
Read more →It’s Thursday, and another week is almost done. I am amazed at how quickly they go by. It’s been a good day, but up and down as well. I was able to make great progress in a project at work, which I was able to hand over to my boss at day’s end for...
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“Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his name. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all men.” ~ John 2:23-24 “For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to...
Read more →A few summers ago when I was grieving a gal and bellyaching to my wise friend Phil about it one night, he asked me about other areas of my life, and specifically about how my work and hobbies were going. At the time, he was trying to help me turn my mind to other...
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Comedy Central Hilarious look at the diversity of names found among college athletes. Compliments: Chris Payton. — Evidently, people are looking for a hard copy of the names, so here you go. The players: The East D’Marcus Williums, University of Georgia T. J. Juckson, Wayne State Univeristy T’Variusness King, Merrimac College Tyroil Smoochie-Wallace, University...
Read more →It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written anything, and frankly, I know there have been things to write, but I’ve either been too busy or the topics seem to big to get into a post. Time has flown by, as well. I often get home in the evenings, and once I am there,...
Read more →A child of the 80’s, my favorite Duran Duran song is from… 1993.
Read more →“Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk,...
Read more →About a half-a-year after my relationsihp with G. failed, I realized I wasn’t faring very well trying to get past her, and so at my sister’s suggestion, I decided to go see a counselor. In one of my sessions with this man, the topic came up that perhaps my issue was not merely all...
Read more →After finishing seminary, I had an opportunity to hop a plane and then ride trains all around western Europe for six weeks. One morning near the end of my journey, I was wandering a busy street in the center of Oxford, England, when I witnessed one of the most amazing and beautiful performances of...
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