Church Basketball and Stolen BeliefsMy youngest son (Calvin; 6) had his first basketball game of the season yesterday. He made his first shot attempt and was so excited about…Jan 16, 2024Jan 16, 2024
I used to watch Fear Factor up until the point its participants would start to do things like drink…I can honestly say, though, that I never anticipated the guy who presided over such a dumb thing becoming a national harbinger for dialogic…Feb 3, 20221Feb 3, 20221
Helped a friend move an old upright piano out of a weary little church building tonight.So I asked the guy who let us in how long the church had been defunct, and started opening every book and hymnal I could find. I read a…May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
Vocabulary lessons: how I was taught to talk about church and school.The price of college is rising eight times faster than wages. The average cost of college has increased 3,000 percent over the past fifty…Apr 21, 2020Apr 21, 2020
My wife locked herself inside of the bathroom after her first positive pregnancy test.“Are you sitting down?”Feb 27, 2020Feb 27, 2020
The Wounded and Dead“The Germans, they would do whatever they could to kill you. They rigged dead bodies, even — booby trapped them. For the ones of us who…Feb 24, 2020Feb 24, 2020
To The Only Valentine I’ve Ever HadThe first night I met my wife I got into a fistfight she didn’t watch. I met her at a basketball game. She was 14 years old; I was 15…Feb 14, 2020Feb 14, 2020
My dad drove a beatdown old Chevy station wagon with wood-peeled side panels and red interior…She wouldn’t let her sportscar go, so he bought a shitty station wagon, a family car — the thing which held the wife and child he probably…Feb 7, 2020Feb 7, 2020
The Involuntary Affect of the People who Voluntarily Love You.My grandfather is 95 years old and has a failing heart. Every time I see him — almost every Sunday morning — he reminds me.Feb 3, 2020Feb 3, 2020
Read This if You’re Thinking about Going into Business for YourselfMy old man once told me there was no honest substitute for experience. He also told me a lot of other stuff that wasn’t true. Small stuff…Jan 22, 2020Jan 22, 2020
Is Post Traumatic Church Syndrome a Real Thing?A Charismatic burnout buddy of mine recently shared an article on something called Post Traumatic Church Syndrome (PTCS). There’s a long…Jan 20, 2020Jan 20, 2020
Fighting the Air: Three Things I Accepted Long After Watching my Dad Die.My dad died in 2000, when I was a 14 year old kid and believed every thing he told me.Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
Published inOne Speed IdiotsJunk Sick“A Junkie spends half his life waiting.” — W.S. BurroughsNov 30, 2019Nov 30, 2019
Published inOne Speed IdiotsTools for Jesus.Multi-level marketing (MLM) models predicate themselves on unpaid labor. A lot of people work for free so that a few people can work for a…Nov 16, 2019Nov 16, 2019
I Just Feel Like God is Saying.My wife owns a small business, manages a payroll there, maintains a sterling reputation with her work and is the central system of…Nov 3, 2019Nov 3, 2019
A Pile of My Old Shit: Religion.In the words of Red City Radio, I was looking through a pile of my old shit. I was singing their song. “You can’t go and blame everything…Nov 2, 2019Nov 2, 2019