Written in a hotel room just north of the Mexican border.
self The exponential curve haunts me. It is the shape of all that is good and bad in this world, perhaps of any world. Where ever you are on this curve, you are always stuck between two extremes:...
View ArticlePassed into Glory
This week i saw another instance of an acquaintance making it into the news. This time it was under less happy circumstances, though perhaps more joyous. Christopher Seeling was driving a train as it...
View ArticleMy first letter to the FPC Admin Committee.
This is my first letter to the Administration Committee of the Session of First Presbyterian Church. In it, I express my concern that no nominations were allowed from the floor during this year’s...
View ArticleMy second letter to the FPC Admin Committee.
Upon the advice of wiser men, I waited a month for a written reply to my first letter to the Administration Committee of the Session of First Presbyterian Church. After not receiving a reply within a...
View ArticleThe providentially-delayed original response to my first letter.
Here’s the aforementioned letter from the Chairman of the Admin Committee on the session. It was meant as a reply to my first letter to the Admin Committee, but providentially, it didn’t get to me in...
View ArticleThe meeting with the three Elders.
Doug and Dave and I met with the three elders this evening. It took about a month to find an evening on which all six of us could meet together at the church office building, but it did finally happen....
View ArticleHomesick
My parents were here today, and getting caught in the crossfire of the conversation between my dad and my contractor/good friend, I realized that I’m going to need to be less involved in my church....
View ArticleI spoke up. I will speak up.
Well, after mainly working under the collective radar of the congregation concerning the officer nomination process at my church (posts on these things forthcoming), I made my most urgent concern known...
View ArticleThe approaching family Singularity.
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity postulates that as one approaches a black hole, time slows down. I haven’t personally experienced such a phenomenon with a black hole, but I am (and I presume...
View ArticleThoughts from the morning, early and dark.
It is a rare morning that a random song doesn’t pop into my head as soon as I’m conscious. This morning, after another rough night with Jack, a certain song popped in, the lyrics of which are below:...
View ArticleOne singular(ity) sensation
Just like with Jack’s birth, time sure seems to be slowing down right before Nora’s upcoming delivery. Added to the familial anticipation is the fact that my search for a new job can only be peripheral...
View ArticleSure is quiet around here…
…for the last time for a long time. Rachel’s sister Jennifer came to pick up our dog Kat at around 7pm, and my folks left with Jack and his things at around 8pm. It’s just me and Rachel, and we are...
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