Faith and Family: A Dad's Search for Truth

Frederick Buechner once wrote, “The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you." I started this blog to share random thoughts about my quest to become a better father, husband, and Christian, and to discuss what I learn in my everyday life and where my place at the party might be. I look forward to comments and stories from you about your own journeys.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Couldn't Resist This One...

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One morning a man came into the church on crutches. He stopped in front of the holy water, put some on both legs, and then threw away his cr...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Music Recommendation of the Day

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After a break of several days, consisting in large part of a guys' weekend in Florida, I'm back and trying to catch up with everythi...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Making a Profit Off the Tragedy of Others

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During my daily lunch ritual of channel surfing, a commercial came up advertising the 2001-2006 World Trade Center Gold and Silver Clad Comm...
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Monday, August 21, 2006

Prenatal Sibling Rivalry?

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I got a phone call from my wife -- sibling rivalry between our little girl and our as-yet unborn has already reared its head. Our daughter h...
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Sunday, August 20, 2006

Each of Us as a Parable?

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Here's a brief quote from the Episcopal theologian William Stringfellow that I wanted to post today to prompt some reflection (and possi...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Love Doesn't Get Much Stronger Than This

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While trying to decide what to write about today -- our trip to Williamsburg this past weekend, the latest exploits of my daughter, prattlin...
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

And for the More Traditional Folks, Some Horowitz....

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If Gould is too extreme for you, here's a bit of an alternative -- Vladimir Horowitz performing the third movement of Rachmaninov's ...
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Music In Lieu of the Spoken Word

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I decided to take a break from writing today and instead share some music. Glenn Gould was -- and is -- one of my favorites, and this is one...
Saturday, August 05, 2006

Winter in August

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I think my sister has been reading my mind, with all of my thoughts lately about the heat here in Northern Virginia. She was sending me some...
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What Does Gatsby Have to Do With My Family?

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As we start to recover from this recent heatwave, I keep coming back to the scene from The Great Gatsby where Jay, Nick, Daisy, Tom, and Jo...
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Frederick Buechner once wrote, “The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.” I'm a 40-something husband and father who is trying to figure out my place at the party and learning all I can along the way about religion, education, politics, and anything else that comes up on the journey.
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