On Wednesday I was asked a question by our Senior Regional Pastor, “So what makes Star Wars so appealing to you?” As I prepare to see The Force Awakens 1 I find this a particularly interesting question to tackle. Why, even after Jar Jar and the infamous “sand conversation,” do I still flock to Star…
Category: Thoughts
A Holiday Haiku
The holidays come Parties, full schedules, travel Is it over yet? I don’t make it much of a secret that the “Holiday Season” is not my favorite time of the year. The sardonic way Christians go about “keeping Christ in Christmas” is part of my reasoning for this. If I have one more Christian tell…
Proud Papa
This past Thursday and Friday I was able to attend two events in which my children were participating. The first was our school’s winter concert, where my son is a percussionist in one of the bands. The second was a local production of Shrek Jr. with a nearby theatre troop. As I sat in the…
My Happy Place
As Christmas nears, and my schedule relentlessly attacks my soul, I find myself being dreadfully tired. I’m much due for a break, and one is coming, but there’s still a lot left to be done before I can rest. So, as weariness creeps in, I find myself going to my happy place. I love Williamsburg…
Vestigal paradigms
I’m having one of those weeks which is so mentally exhausting it’s difficult to write anything of length. I’ve got a couple of posts lined up, but they’re flowing out sounding much more pessimistic than I actually am. So, as I revise those works-in-progress I wanted to share this image. It was taken just after…
A Celebration
Yesterday I attended a retirement party for someone who has been my “partner in crime” with ABCNJ – Rev. Vernl Mattson. It’s been nice having a fellow geek up in the region office, especially since I’m not able to be there every day. Vernl covered many of the tech support calls I could never get…
