Painfully Hopeful

Along for the Ride

I was recently sworn-in as a chaplain for our local Police department. I’d been asked to join the program in 2015, but at the time I couldn’t add anything else to my plate. When the invitation came back around this year I felt compelled to accept it. Central’s church council agreed, and so I joined…

Unpacking Departing Expectations

A few fun incidents on the way to the train. Let’s unpack. Fantastic Folk “Fantastic folk” is the term used by citizens of The Realm to describe all the peoples of the world, both actualized and unactualized. Low Views The gnomes do have a rather negative opinion of the Fantasy genre. Aside from the clear…

Fiction Tuesday – Departing Expectations

Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes “We’re taking a train?” Bug snorted. “What is it with people from your world, kid? You think fantastic folk are all technologically backwards.” “What? No we don’t!” Will protested. “Look, Kid, you keep forgetting I’ve been out to the shops.” “They…

A Day Off

Monday is my day off, but it’s usually difficult to find my sabbath rhythm in the morning. While Monday is my day off, it’s just an ordinary day of the week for my wife and kids. So they are up running around getting ready for work and school, and I’m usually up with them. Today,…

Grandmotherly Wisdom

My mother grew up in a family with six children, so when the grandchildren came along we quickly overran family gatherings. When you added myself and my two sisters to the mix, there were twelve of us 1. Holidays were interesting times. I suppose some grandparents may have collapsed under the pressure of such a…

Nothing

Leave a comment which reads “clap!” if you appreciate the irony of creating a comic to say “nothing” might be the most profound gift I have to offer, and then wrote a short reflection on that same comic 1. As ironic as this post might be, the comic is still true. I cannot tell you…