Posts
AugustAug 31 Sunday 08
new blog: ghostride the whip!
i'm going to try out a new blog, first post about new stuff, quite a couple of months.check it out, i'll try posting there from now on so my friends can comment even if they aren't on all my dorky soc...
JuneJun 27 Friday 08
punk rock happiness
Andrea and Kelly are really inspiring to me. I prefer in person, but also through the award-winning blog Punk Rock Mommy. These two friends have a special parking space in my heart. I love that han...
JuneJun 17 Tuesday 08
air it out
There are a lot of ideas for how to heal a sprained ankle, or a similar condition. The one that I like is alternating cold compress and warm compress, letting the injury "air out" in between.I t...
MayMay 30 Friday 08
responding to God
I've been trying to keep up with my daily dose of Brennan Manning since my friend Kim gave me a copy of The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Burnt Out, and Beat Up.Today I read a...
MayMay 27 Tuesday 08
another nugget of wisdom from andrea
I was hanging out and praying with a good friend of mine the other day. Among other things, we were talking about hope-specifically in the face of adversity.She said something that stuck with me...
MayMay 24 Saturday 08
Tucker
One of my favorite fourteen year olds is joining us over at The Sieve and the Sand to share poetry. I just learned that he wrote when I read the post over at Punk Rock Mommy. Awesome.Here ...
MayMay 21 Wednesday 08
International Night at Cleveland
Awesome night at Grover Cleveland Elementary, Vicki's school at 19th & Erie. It was the first of two evenings to celebrate the first annual International Night. There was kids in bands...
MayMay 19 Monday 08
among other things
Got tickets for Martha's "trecade" birthday trip to Cirque du Soleil today, watched this 5 part documentary on the most brutal black metal band (Gorgoroth).awesome wedding season this month.
MayMay 15 Thursday 08
funny money
Sometimes Nature laughsWith us, sometimes it's because We are so sillyIt's been a while since I really pondered money, particularly the $1 bill. Joel and I had an interesting conversation about mone...
MayMay 2 Friday 08
There’s no substitute for being in love
I'm grateful for my cell. They are people full of opinions and questions, they listen and they share as we live trying to be together, following Jesus on mission. Yesterday was the Nationa...
AprilApr 30 Wednesday 08
sieve and sand
i have been posting poetry along with some other friends at the sieve and the sand.
AprilApr 26 Saturday 08
kilimanjaro
i know it's kind of old news, but kilimanjaro seems to be gaining some momentum again. check out the demo on the myspace profile here for a look at just the audio for the first (of three) segmen...
AprilApr 21 Monday 08
now she's crankin wiffleballs
The thirsty blades bentDown just a bit more that daySincerely grateful.While Martha was away this weekend, I had a number of great moments to learn about my children and life. On Saturday afternoon,...
AprilApr 1 Tuesday 08
5 years too many
Union Station Freeze to End the Occupation of Iraq, March 18, 2008
How many days passWith the same stench still loomingNot yet washed away?...
MarchMar 28 Friday 08
paying attention to the rising
We’re post resurrection, and I am easily distracted from living in the Rising. I can get so busy that I can even miss the rising of apparently dead or dying things. There are these...
MarchMar 21 Friday 08
Christ’s Cross, Our Pilgrimage...
I. Jesus is condemned to death, March 08-PhiladelphiaYour friends looking on,The Accuser is speaking,The High Priest listens.II. Jesus receives the cross, March 08-PhiladelphiaMy heart breaks with eve...
MarchMar 18 Tuesday 08
praying through Holy Week
One of the great images of Palm Sunday that I’m working with this year is casting down our cloaks (Mark 11) to prepare the way for Jesus to be King. One of the pieces of symbolism is putting d...