Rosy’s last run

He pulled the laces tight on his running shoes and finished tying them.
With a deep breath, he opened the door to the outside world, ran past the portal while giving the door a shove and made it halfway to the street before hearing a satisfying slam behind him.
Onto the asphalt and down the road he [...]

Quick counter-offensive post before baseball

It’s Saturday with lots to do but I have to write something “off my chest” before taking my son to baseball practice.
I do mean things to people sometimes, especially if I admire them.
That’s my confession.
I will build people up in my mind and intend to encourage them, then try to tease them in a friendly [...]

Wrapping up a woeful week

I’ve got to sympathize with Jim over at his blog http://lordibelievehelpmyunbelief.blogspot.com/2008/03/hard-week.html .
I’m luckier than him. My job consists of directly helping people and is a pleasant diversion from life outside work – most of the time.
I qualify with most of the time because I work in an HR call center helping people with their employee benefits. Many [...]

Michael Moore has his say “So?”

And if you like my last post, check out Michael Moore’s site at www.michaelmoore.com. Look on the side where it says “Mike’s Letter.”
It’s an interesting letter, but I don’t agree entirely with what Moore says.
I especially don’t get the connection between ousting Saddam Hussein and how it damaged Iraqi Christians. So I’ll be looking into [...]

Five years of war and…

What a bust.
They just don’t make war protests the way they used to.
 According to an Associated Press story…
“At the IRS, about 100 protesters led by a marching band gathered at the main entrance. Several jumped barricades and sat down in front of the doors and were immediately detained. The demonstrators said they were focusing on [...]

How to rid oneself of a bad dream

Palm Sunday brought a predictable message for the season, that of John 12 - Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem.
The preacher used it as his sermon’s text at the church I attend in the school’s library.
I listened, then went home.
Used to be this was a favorite time of year for me.
But this year it just is. Seems dull, especially the past two [...]

Bobblehead Jesus leaves acceptable image

I really like Jim’s post today http://lordibelievehelpmyunbelief.blogspot.com/2008/03/what-does-jesus-look-like-to-you.html on how we “see” Jesus.
One of the images he posted is considered the anthropologically correct one, but I’m partial to the “Sacred Heart” image with the winking Jesus.
Or this image…

I like this version of Jesus because you can ask him to do something, give him a thump and he’ll [...]

God sends emissaries, I think

Tina, who wrote an awesome post today at http://tina.gasperson.com/2008/03/13/treasure/ , left me a sympathetic comment on my last blog entry as well as Jim, who phrased my question better here http://lordibelievehelpmyunbelief.blogspot.com/2008/03/question-for-codependents.html .
I love Jim’s riff on “pure heroin for a codependent.”
 Thanks ya’ll, but know that – to paraphrase Solomon – “the wise person hears all sides of [...]

All About God

Funny that I hadn’t run into this site before as I am still trying to finish “The Purpose-Driven Life” by Rick Warren.
The site is www.allaboutGod.com.
I came across it using the search criteria “Codependency and the Bible.” The search specifically led me here http://www.allaboutlifechallenges.org/Codependency-Recovery.htm .
What prompted the search was work on myself mentioned in the last post [...]

Midlife Manual for Men: A Personal Review

Midlife Manual for Men: Finding Significance in the Second Half

Stephen Arterburn and John Shore

The MM4M, as I like to refer to it, took more work from me than just reading through another self-help book in an attempt to grow up.

I believe it has helped draw me closer toward God’s goal of using me for [...]