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.

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Still Here -- Just Not Much to Say

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The silence here over the past week is pretty indicative of the fact that there just hasn't been much to write about. I will say that th...
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Friday, June 22, 2007

Reading Selections Change Course - Again

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It's a good thing that I don't have to be as decisive about my reading as I do a lot of other things in my life, and as such I didn...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Rite of Passage

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One of the first e-mails that I saw when checking my messages this morning was from my father, and it was about the rite of passage for a yo...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Old Boss Has New Job

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Just got word that my former boss got a nice promotion today, and is being brought out of "retirement" after only about six months...
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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Back from the Valley

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The family returned home today after spending a restful 2-1/2 days with a large part of our church congregation, enjoying the peace and quie...
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Friday, June 15, 2007

A Friday Calm

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There's a big sense of calm in the house right now, and I think that it's due in large part to two things: A. had a job interview th...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

Finally, an End to the Finals

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Despite the fact that watching this series was at times as painfully slow as a trip to the dentist, congratulations to Duncan, Parker, and ...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

And the Phone Call Said.....

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The phone finally rang today; unfortunately, it was a "we've decided to go in another direction" call. About one hour of disap...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Cycling Back to Old Journal Entries

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This is hardly going to be an entertaining or even interesting post; it's been one of those days that, when I first started keeping a jo...
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Saturday, June 09, 2007

A Disturbing, Dark, Powerful, Loving Read

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During my recent foray into the world of reclusive authors, I ran across the name Cormac McCarthy . I hadn't ever heard of him before (w...
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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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