Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.) Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What goodRead more
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I had a marathon day on Saturday. Not a marathon day like a number of my friends who ran in an actual marathon on Sunday in support of World Vision. But a marathon day nonetheless. On Saturday I watched sports for eight straight hours. I watched the Saints and the 49ers. I watched the BroncosRead more
At the end of Return of the King, Frodo is faced with the most important decision of his life: Keep the Ring or let it go. Even though the Ring was evil incarnate and would only lead to the darkest places imaginable, Frodo still resisted. Frodo wasn’t able to let go of the Ring evenRead more
This is another post that benefited from Google Image search. I wrote this post on the night before our high school group went home from summer camp. Of all the posts I wrote this year, this one may have had the greatest personal impact on me. When I think about my own life with GodRead more
I still haven’t seen The Social Network. I like movies and I like Facebook so it’s seemingly in my wheelhouse. Even though I haven’t seen it, the main impression I received was that Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t that great of a guy. After getting trapped in Facebook’s Timeline feature I’m inclined to agree. Timeline allowsRead more
Last week I wrote about a gray season that hit a crescendo last week, which had really been lingering for about a month. As I was talking with Aycia, she mentioned that I had seemed more distracted than normal for about a month. During that month I felt like my head was in a fog,Read more