I guess it’s time for a little end of year update. Most of my time is spent on social media so the blog tends to get neglected. Since my last health post at the end of June, I have logged over 128 workouts and almost 111 hours of calorie crushing work! Most of those hours have been…
Read moreThe problem I have with conversations that invariably cross the line into faith is the dependency faith has on the chemical processes within the brain. Everything we experience as truth is synthesized through the brain. You can’t separate our version of reality from the organ responsible for consciousness. If that organ is damaged by depression…
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There is an oft used expression in Christendom about “running after God.” The implication is that there is a tangible physical presence of God that can be experienced by any one of the 5 senses and attaining that “feeling” is our greatest purpose. I have been in situations where I have “felt God” or at least…
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Almost a week into 2014 and the desk is cleared, the inbox zeroed, the new diet started, and life is doing what life does – moving on. They say there is no wrong way to grieve but I don’t think I did it right. For those that stuck it out with me, thank you. I can…
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The shadow proves the sunlight and measures the soulFleeting light paints pictures reflections only echoPermanently unstable the shadow dancesForever linked to source it can only respondWispy and translucentDependent and powerlessAbsent of light we remember that nothing is firmFoundations moveDreams fadeLight turns to darkAnd yet the shadow is aliveIt casts the past and paints the futureTelling…
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What if there is no bottom, and all we fear to believe is true Will we stop the fall and walk away, or dive head first and feel the race The rushing wind and pounding chest with lightning thoughts and those regrets Loss that drives with siren calls ceaselessly slashing until we fall Death by thousand cuts…
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It’s been 5 months today. 5 months since you went away on that day when distance and desire was paid by pain. It’s been 5 months of thinking you everyday – some days all day – some days grace. 5 months of emotions held in check as seeping memories like morning mist take breath and…
Read moreWe lost both of our our family Patriarchs suddenly and unexpectedly this year. Not more than 3 months after Julie’s Dad passed on July 29th my Dad was gone October 15th. Robert Dolentz Thomas Rohr We are still reeling from the loss and someday soon I will be able to express myself enough to try…
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Emily is a smart child. Most parents make that statement about their children but Emily is scary smart. This is especially clear when she is around other children her age. Most three-year olds don’t carry on conversations about the nature of God and how He can heal Daddy’s back. Most three-year olds don’t understand death and certainly don’t cry…
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Emily singing Christmas songs with her Sunday school class.
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