Liminal Life

In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t written a blog post in three months. I’d love to say I’ve just been too busy, but I seem to find time to watch The Office and The Fringe, so I must not be that busy. So let’s just mark it up to distraction.
But it’s going to get [...]

Betsy and I were married in Gainesville, Florida 29 years ago today. I was a soon-to-be-graduate of the University of Florida. She was a nurses aide in a labor and delivery unit. I was headed towards ministry. Campus ministry with InterVaristy to begin with, but eventually looking towards heading overseas to save the world. Betsy [...]

I’ve already posted the story of our adoption here. But I have to write a bit more about it. Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the day we saw the picture of the four children we adopted.
Fifteen years. A lot has happened in that time. Think of it this way. A few months earlier, the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]