Life is Hard 2

The famous line from The Princess Bride goes like this, “Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”. Life is hard. If you haven’t learned that yet, you will, sooner or later. Granted, “hard” comes in varying levels. What is hard for me would certainly not compare to the suffering of, say, ...

10 Years 2

10 years ago I thought I knew what I was doing. I was marrying my best friend. And, while that was true, there was no way I could have known what the next 10 years would bring. Here’s some of the high/low lights of the past 10 years: the loss of a job moving in with ...

Same Love

So, if you listen to Top 40 radio, chance are you’ve heard Mackelmore’s newest song – The Same Love. It’s a lyrically interesting song, for sure. And Mac, if I may refer to him as such, makes some good points. We’re all God’s children Stereotypes are bad Preaching hate, especially from the pulpit, is always ...

Forgiveness

Last year I wrote a fairly stinging post regarding some hurtful experiences dealing with “the church”. While I never named names, if you run in my circle of friends and acquaintances, it didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out who I was referring to. Those words were mostly written out of hurt and frustration. ...