Painfully Hopeful

Up In The Air

I remember the first time I saw the clouds through an airplane window. When I was in fifth grade my family decided, spur of the moment, to join my grandparents in Florida over our Spring break. We packed our bags in the darkness of the early morning and headed to the airport. It wasn’t my…

We Are One

During my recent visit to the Museum of the American Revolution I was made aware of a Revolutionary symbol which I’d never before encountered. Many people are aware of Benjamin Franklin’s “Join, or Die” political drawing. It features a snake cut into pieces, each piece corresponding to one of the colonies 1. It was a…

A Revolutionary Day at the Museum

In April of 2017 the Museum of the American Revolution opened it doors. On Monday, my family joined some friends to visit the new site. It might seem strange, given my tendency to see violence as a failure rather than a cause for celebration, but I have a passion for studying America’s Revolutionary Period. The…

Unpacking Just Who is Who?

While there was not too much which went on in this scene, there were some important tidbits dropped as our characters rode toward their destination. Let’s unpack. By Name? Why did the Professor request Oscar by name? Is there a deep, secret, insight Nobody has into the dwarf’s character? Not really. As it turns out,…

Fiction Tuesday – Just Who is Who?

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes The transports took several hours to navigate down from the mountains around Boarsblemish. It was a miserable and bumpy ride, made all the worse by the uncertainty of what would happen to them when they arrived. “This isn’t good,” croaked Sills….

Technological Shift

Last night, as I was preparing my slides for Sunday morning worship, a sudden though creeped into my head. Why even bother bringing my MacBook over to church with me? As I pondered this thought it occurred to me, there really is nothing I do at worship which requires a traditional clamshell laptop 1. My…