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.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

The Henry Louis Gates Incident Shows There's Still Work to Do

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REVISED - July 27, 2009. As more information comes out on this, I find that I have been guilty of the very thing that so many others do: I j...
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Walter Cronkite: And That's the Way He Was

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Broadcast news is much different now than it was when I was a child. Rather than having parents flip to one of the three big networks to wat...
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Monday, July 06, 2009

By Looking Away, Are We Robbing Someone of Their Legacy?

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By not looking someone in the eye as you walk by them, or by turning away from someone in an uncomfortable situation, what is your action do...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

There Won't Be a Disco Comeback Unless...

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Think for a moment if you will about studio musicians - those men and women who toil in near obscurity, making their careers and eking out a...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Can You Spare Five Minutes to Change Someone's Life?

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During his weekly sermon at church this morning, our priest-in-charge made the point that all of the news this week about Michael Jackson an...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Michael Jackson and the Dance That Never Was

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I suppose since everyone else is sharing their favorite Michael Jackson-themed story or their memories of the gloved one, I should do the sa...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

A Prayer for the Children

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Today, I'm thinking about the children. No, not my children (though they're never far from my mind) or the children of my neighbors ...
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Father's Day Images

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There are so many great blog posts and stories that have been published discussing the importance of Father's Day and sharing memories o...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

Following the Trail of Carbon Footprints

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(This was also posted on my "One Man's Politics" blog, but I felt like sharing it here as well.) Carbon footprint. Carbon offs...
Saturday, June 06, 2009

Shabbat Shalom! A First Experience with Judaism

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Several years ago, A. and I completed a four-year program administered by the University of the South at Sewanee (Tennessee) entitled Educat...
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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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