Painfully Hopeful

Hanging with the gang

My neighbors and I are baseball and football fans, so we’ve taken to getting together and watching games together. Football has been the ideal gathering, because we all crash at someone’s house and enjoy the game. It’s a lot of fun. Yesterday we did a double-header, crashing at my house for the Eagles game and…

A Quote on Providence

I mentioned in my Gettysburg post yesterday that I find the appeals to “providence” when referring to events in the war unconvincing. Today I came across a quote that communicates why it is that I feel this way: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress is…

Gettysburg Reflections

I’ve been meaning to write some reflections on my experiences at Gettysburg this past summer for the last two months, but haven’t been able to given all that was going on in my life. Actually, I really haven’t been able to do much writing at all, which always bums me out. Now that September is…

On Worship, Again.

There is a mentality among American Christians (of just about every variety) that I find myself constantly trying to re-educate people about – with varying degrees of success. It all springs from the the combination of the language we use to describe worship being combined with the consumer mentality of the modern West. It’s a…

(coffee) Zombie Film Idea

A friend of mine stated on twitter today that he wanted to start a blog about coffee roasting, and solicited names. I suggested “Coffee Zombie” because that’s his nick on a site we’ve both been involved with. He liked this idea and further added that the tag-line should be, “Beeeeaaaaaannnnnsssss!!!” These are things my friends…

Summer ends, the madness begins

Today is the “unofficial end of summer” for the majority of folks in the country. Vacations are coming to an end, the boardwalks are holding their clearance sales, and kids all over the country are preparing to head back to school. Even though my kids don’t head back to school until next Monday, I can’t…