2013 has been a good blogging year. Moving from the completely packed schedule and lifestyle of working with The Simple Way in Philly to working a 30 hour work week with Common Change in Oakland meant that i had a lot more time and opportunity to write [at least until i started working as the youth leadery guy at Re:Gen church and things got a little busy again] this year. I also cut down from [...]
aka Jamie the very worst missionary's position on sex [part I] My youngest son is about to turn 13, so for the next 9 months, until my oldest turns 20 (holy ape balls!), I will be Mom to three teenage boys. That means our dinner table feels like a locker room... if locker rooms were full of nerds. The conversation tumbles easily from Xbox to music to girls to MineCraft to push ups to girls to [...]
I remember the first article I was invited to write for Truth magazine back in the day had the title, "How far is too far?" so I wrote, "Belgium. Belgium is too far!" and then proceeded to write the rest of my article [for some reason, they let me stay.] And the main point of the article was that if we are asking 'How far is too far?' then we are already in trouble because [...]
Another week, another ‘The Weekly Mash [and Peace!] – see what’s been happening this week on The Weekly Mash [and Peace!]: Monday showed the Kareoke gas pump clip you probly already saw before it arrived here but if not it is complete F.U.N. Tuesday was the breaking news of the new season of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT first trailer peek as well as news of JACK BAUER returning for a new season of 24 Wednesday saw an [...]
so more than 1000 people have viewed the post my friend Candi graciously shared with me about being a parent of small children when it doesn't necessarily go well or feel good all of the time [which for this little blog is a lot of people which has been exciting to see and will hopefully continue to encourage those out there who may be struggling with some of the same stuff] and so this is [...]
Another week, another 'The Weekly Mash [and Peace!] - see what's been happening this week on the other side of my blog garage... Monday saw some Buttersafe cartoonage depicting the ridiculousness of chess pieces and the trap of the workplace Tuesday saw us take a look at the boy who couldn't be buried, the incoming plague and the no celebration relay team orders Wednesday saw some more cartoons with a simple yet powerful contrasting of [...]
I met Candi as a friend of a friend a couple of years ago and then somewhere along the way we became friends as well which has been great. Candi has been married to Matt for coming up to four years on the 23 May. They have 'two little ninjas' - Noah who is nearly 4 and Tyla who is 2. I am really grateful to her for sharing some of her story as a [...]
A direct share [thankx Steve!] of the blog post: To parents of small children: Let me be the one who says it out loud [March 12, 2013] I am in a season of my life right now where I feel bone tired almost all of the time. Ragged, how-am-I-going-to-make-it-to-the-end-of-the-day, eyes burning exhausted. I have three boys ages 5 and under. I’m not complaining about that. Well, maybe I am a little bit. But I know [...]
This is not a topic i have a lot of personal experience of. Or any. The beautiful Val [tbV] and my philosophy about children is that we enjoy other peoples and the opportunity to give them back to them at the end of the day. We enjoy kids but we don't particularly want our own. But we also understand that for a lot of people [perhaps the majority of people who are married?] having children [...]
And now a glimpse into the story of Steve and Helene from Helene's side: I will start with the here and now – Steve and I have been married two and a half years and together six years. I feel very blessed and fulfilled by our physical intimacy, and am looking for many years of exploring what that will look like in the various seasons that await us. Knowing where the other comes from with [...]