Another day in the saga of seemingly endless illness where I jump back and forth between coughing up pieces of my lungs (well, that’s what it feels like), having an intense headache (this varies between a migraine that feels like an icepick on one side of my head and your average run of the mill [...]
Ugh… over a week of bronchitis and starting Friday I caught a cold. I’ve been sleeping and sleeping and sleeping. I have a headache that feels like a vise is gripping my skull and refusing to relent. Inhalers, cold medicine, and pain relievers… oh my. This on top of my entire family still recovering from [...]
When I decided to restart this blog, I had a number of intentions: Don’t write arrogantly Don’t pontificate Write articles that actually mean something… specifically about myself or something I’ve encountered (rather than the abstract) Write something every day Well, I’ve now discovered that in order to write something every day with purpose and meaning… [...]
Well, my RAST test for the peanut allergy came back negative. I should be happy… and I am, in a way. At least I know I don’t have to be concerned about whether or not peanuts exist in something; however, now I’m uncertain what’s been happening to me. Now there have been three different GI-related [...]
Almost a year ago, I stopped blogging because, as I read back through my blogs… many of my posts came off arrogant and puffed up (because they probably were). I was talking like a person who had answers, while the truth is, I don’t have many answers at all except that every day, I draw [...]
I’ve decided to get back into movies. I’ve always loved film and having children and the busyness of life (not to mention my prolonged period of pharasaism) had my movie watching become greatly diminished. I am moved by great stories and I see God’s truth portrayed in those things are done with excellence (unlike the [...]
I went to the allergist today to determine if my days of peanutty goodness were, indeed, over. So, all prepared to hear the worst, I made my way through the morass that is the new patient registration process for all clinics: multiple forms bearing identical questions, insurance cards and more questions, techs making funny faces [...]
Last week on Thursday, I ended up going home in the middle of the day due to becoming extremely ill very quickly. My head hurt, I was nauseous and I had developed this funny feeling in the back of my throat. All told, it reminded me very much of a migraine, except not. I’ve had [...]
Let me apologize in advance for the length of this post, but it’s a story that needs some detail and the things God showed me through this story are difficult to shorten. Something unusual and nerve-racking happened to me today. I was downstairs reading an article on Challies.com (a site I hadn’t visited in ages) [...]
The scene: Me and Zoë seated right in front of Derek Webb at Common Grounds in Waco. There was standing room only and Téya was having difficulty with all the clapping, so Jana took her to the back of the coffee shop while we stayed in our choice seats to watch Derek. This scene is [...]
Hopefully, you see in these writings a man who is staying The Course and pursuing The Path amidst the pitfalls and selfish ways of being a son of Adam. I pray earnestly that my writing would encourage some of you by showing you that this journey - though arduous and sometimes tragic - is a journey of great satisfaction. A satisfaction greater than our greatest imaginings. The trials and refining fire of tribulation are to be recognized as a small shadow of the suffering of our Savior so that we can rejoice, as Peter and the disciples did, to be counted worthy to suffer for the sake of the Name.