(Originally published in the Journal Review, October 2013 Last weekend I had the, well, I wouldn’t call it pleasure, of spending many hours in an airport. I’ll spare the details of delayed flights and missed connections. Needless to say, I was glad to be finally back on hoosier soil late last Saturday night. It was […]
Stupid Internet
“Why is the stupid internet not working again?!” I was met with the exasperated words of my 12 year old son on a recent Saturday morning. We try to limit media/screen time in our house during the week, so Saturday mornings are a time he looks forward to, as the rules are relaxed for a […]
What is Love?
In the ’90s there was this popular sketch on Saturday Night Live, so popular is was made into a movie. It featured two seemingly good-hearted but painfully awkward and socially inept brothers who would be seen going to the clubs trying to get attention and maybe find “love”. Throughout the whole skit, a repetitive dance […]
Jesus and Stuff
Stuff Hides, Stuff Begets Stuff, Stuff is Heavy. Okay, that’s a lot of “stuff”, I know, but stick with me. This past week my family did a “stuff purge”. A few times a year we go through the house and fill up bags with clothes we don’t wear, games we no longer play, movies we […]
The Good Old Days
I heard a wise old saying the other day. It went something like, “I wish there was a way to know that you’re in ‘The Good Old Days’ before you’ve actually left them.” Wait, that’s not an old saying, it was one of the last lines from the character Andy Bernard from the TV Series […]
Midnight is Where the Day Begins
I was never a big U2 fan when I was growing up. I was a Duran Duran kid, a Men at Work kid, and then, as 80s pop (in all its glory) gave way to hair metal (in all its… um..) and hair metal gave way to rap, I delved into all of it accordingly. […]
The Road Poet
There are many things that my wife does better than me. Some of these things I could have predicted before we were married. There are a few things, though, that I always thought would fall into my area of expertise. My wife’s a poet and a writer. I’m a songwriter and musician. We were both […]
Guns and Religion
(Originally posted on January 17, 2013) My heart is grieved. My heart has been heavy over the past weeks and months as I have seen the debate develop surrounding guns and violence in our nation in the wake of the horrific shootings in Newtown, CT. I am not going to use this forum to write […]
Pardon the Interruption
I don’t like being interrupted. If I’m really honest with myself, I’m the kind of person who likes to know what to expect from each day, have my plan set out, and hopefully enjoy a few moments of down time at the end of the day. I like to think most of us operate like […]
Judas and the Harlot: The Midpoint of Orthodox Christian Holy Week
The halfway point of Orthodox Christian Holy Week begins, really, on Tuesday evening, with the Matins of Holy Wednesday. One of the characteristics of Holy Week is the way time is turned “upside down”. If immersed in the services, in contemplation of the events remembered, it sets a unique tone, which very much begins to […]
Saved Together 