I love my roles as a Christian, a nerd, a pastor and a blogger. One of my favorite roles, though, is that of uncle. I have three beautiful nieces and one amazing nephew, to whom we gave a lightsaber for his first birthday. This week I’ve once again been in San Diego on a littleRead more
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San Diego. Drink it in, it always goes down smooth. Over the past few weeks I have been very intentional about feeding my soul. I feel like the Scott’s Turf guy and have been telling myself, “Feed it.” For me this has meant some reading, some ellipticizing, some solitary time and spending a lot ofRead more
Alycia and I have been married for a little over two and a half years. Even though we’ve only lived in apartments, over that time we have been building our home together. For us that has meant learning each other’s rhythms of rest and activity, figuring out how to best share a meal together andRead more
Yesterday was one of my best friend’s birthdays. A lot of adults see the term “best friend” as juvenile but I love it. I use the term “best friend” for two of my friends, my best friends. They know it. Alycia knows it. Everyone else knows it. Since he is my best friend I obviouslyRead more
I hate waiting. Well it’s not that I hate waiting, it’s that I hate waiting longer than I think I should have to. I went to the Corner Bakery to pick up an order I had phoned in so I wouldn’t have to wait. I ended up waiting longer than I wanted to because theRead more
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about some nerdy wives that could have made me happy in an alternate universe. After publishing that post, I was worried that Alycia might think I would have rather married Jean Grey or Elizabeth Swann. Thankfully fictitious characters do not threaten her and she didn’t overreact. ThatRead more