Living Faithfully can be Intimidating

We moved to the city of St. Louis in order to change the world through public education. Every one of my preconceived notions about that decision eventually fell flat. I cannot express how wrong I was about so much in my life at the time. We did find a good church, however, and we madeContinue reading “Living Faithfully can be Intimidating”

Who Should Do the Dishes?

The children, obviously. But, before the children are able, and after they fly the coop, who should do them? They have to get done, you know. Now, I’m not universalizing anything below. I do think there are some universal principles underlying what I’m about to write; you can decide what they are. I had theContinue reading “Who Should Do the Dishes?”

It’s a Wonderful Life

I was in high school when I first saw the movie It’s a Wonderful Life. I watched it with my girlfriend, and we just watched it again with our children last night. A local theater had a showing, so we got to enjoy this masterpiece on the big screen. I’ve identified with George Bailey sinceContinue reading “It’s a Wonderful Life”

Some Things Should be Hard

Like Math. There are a lot of things in life that are really hard for me (and you, I’m sure). We all want to avoid things that make our lives difficult. That’s the nature of the fall. Adam and Eve ran and hid themselves from the Omniscient. It wasn’t going to work. Adam heard this:Continue reading “Some Things Should be Hard”