Life
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i shot the sheriff. (but i did not shoot the deputy.)
1. Oh, hey, wow, I have a blog! *pats it on head* Poor, neglected blog. It’s okay, buddy, I’m back. 2. So, my life the past three weeks or so: Get a call asking me to go interview at a small college in a small town in Kentucky (with all travel expenses paid), go do… Continue reading
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75 life skills every twenty- and thirtysomething should know [at least in 21st-century western culture]
Some of these were crowdsourced from Twitter and Facebook; there are some repeats as a result, but oh well. Feel free to agree, disagree, add your own… 🙂 1. Finding stuff on the Internet. 2. Holding a baby. 3. Behaving appropriately around and toward members of the opposite sex. 4. Dressing appropriately for certain situations–interviews,… Continue reading
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alabama, arkansas, i do love my ma & pa…
1. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about that verse in Ephesians that says that Jesus came to unite all things in Himself, things in heaven and things on earth. We like to dichotomize a lot of things–intellect and emotion, soul and body, wrath and kindness, justice and mercy, the objective and the subjective, the… Continue reading
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baby, i can see your halo…
1. Title courtesy of the Beyonce song, of course, but specifically from this excellent cover (HT: Teacher Dave): 2. There’s something coming soon. I don’t know what it is, but it just seems like a lot of people in my world have their ears perked up listening for it. There’s this general feeling of anticipation… Continue reading
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Houston, Houston…
I have a love-hate relationship with this city. Love, in that I have a lot of good memories here, and it’s where my family is, where I grew up. Love, in that this is a pretty decent place and I have a good church here. Hate, in that every time I come back here after… Continue reading
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huh.
From a T13 I put up six years ago here: This week: 13 places where you’d like to live. 1. Seattle, WA. 2. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 3. New York, NY. 4. Portland, OR. 5. Honolulu, HI. 6. Boston, MA. 7. Austin, TX. 8. San Diego, CA. 9. Sydney, Australia. 10. Chicago, IL. 11. Denver, CO.… Continue reading
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home is where i am when i’m with you.
1. I just got back to Houston after spending a week in Austin. I went up for the Texas Library Association’s annual shindig, which was a lot like the proverbial drink from a firehose. Lots of information (…of course), lots of people met and reconnected with, lots of coffee. And I also got to see… Continue reading
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things i want and am trying to figure out how to accomplish.
1. I want to work with and love college students, especially graduate students and students working in the arts, because I don’t feel like those two groups get a lot of love. 2. I want to own a neighborhood bookstore. Continue reading
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a few thoughts after my friend lindsay’s dad’s memorial service today.
1. The great thing about being a Christian is that laughter at your funeral is entirely appropriate–and anticipatory of things to come. 2. And the great thing, too, is that tears are also entirely okay, because church ought to be a place where you can grieve without feeling like you have to be strong. Being… Continue reading
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He came from the glory…
(listening: The Village Church podcast) 1. I. HATE. RESEARCH PAPERS. With a vengeance. I’m glad to say I’m almost done with one, but…three more to go. *head explodes* 2. Know what I realized? This sucks: My reading lists are all gone, like the ones I keep and post at the end of the year. This… Continue reading
The Living Room 