Liminal Life

Last month, I wrote about being allergic to my home. It’s true. But it turns out that it wasn’t my primary problem. I got a toothache a few weeks ago. Suspecting a cracked tooth, I went to the dentist. Sure enough I had a cracked molar on the upper right and it had infected the [...]

This is just too cool. It is painted on the side of a building in downtown Nashville. I have no idea why. For now I’m assuming it is talking about me.
Lindy took the picture while roaming around downtown, so I haven’t even seen it yet. Gotta get down there this weekend and see it for [...]

We are part of The Village Chapel in Nashville. At our Easter services this year, we had three stories of how the Gospel has impacted people. Betsy and I told the story of our adoption and our move to Nashville. Here’s the script and the pictures we showed.
(FWIW, I’m really aware that this is a [...]

Alvin the Chipmunk sings a beautiful song from the movie Once. (Which was my favorite film of the year and my favorite album too.) And for no apparent reason, the player has ads for some Jesus junk at the bottom.
The end is near…
(Thanks to Dave King for letting me know about this.)

I’ve been crying a lot today.  And that’s a good thing.Betsy and I watched Amazing Grace, the movie that came out last year that tells the story of Wilberforce’s efforts to abolish the slave trade in England.  It also secondarily tells the story of John Newton, the former slave trader who wrote the incredibly popular [...]

This makes me very happy…

I had coffee yesterday with Mark Hanlon from Compassion. Mark is the Senior VP for Sponsor and Donor Development and the looks to me like the head of Compassion in the US. I liked him a lot and it was great to have the time for both of us to tell our stories of how [...]

Been feeling pretty draggy since moving to Nashville. Kept thinking I was getting a cold and blaming the grand daughter. Finally went to the clinic today to get on an antibiotic for what felt like flu.
It’s not the flu.
Atlanta had pine pollen. Nashville has mold spores. I believe the quote was “if you have indoor [...]

Three seasons of Lost trained me to get excited on Wednesday. They moved it to Thursday this year and have picked up the pace on the plot, the new mysteries and the overall weirdness. About halfway through my first cup of coffee every Wednesday, I find myself getting excited about seeing the new [...]

Wish I could get this in a frame on my wall.
http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html