birth . . .

miraculous!  birth is miraculous!  some may find this statement trite, if so they most likely do not have children of their own.  i’m not just talking about the moment of birth (which seems a little more scary to me than purely miraculous), but the whole process of a new human being coming into existense in [...]

Baby on the way

Less than 12-hours until we are parents again.  Although can you really be parents again?  Hmmm . . . I suppose that our parenthood status does not change, it merely multiplies, or perhaps it diminishes as  the force of  our parenting is  diffused among two progeny.  Did I mention I’m at work at midnight before [...]

God’s style

a scandalous beauty.  that’s the name of a book i picked up the other day.  subtitle:  the artistry of God and the way of the cross.
the title struck me as ironic as there is a lot of scandal wrapped up in beauty these days.  or maybe there’s a lot of things that seem beautiful, but [...]

cigars

i’m typing tonight out on my balcony.  it’s a little chilly, but the first night warm  enouogh to sit out here with a cigar.   such a weird thing.  smoking, that is.  it is completely filthy, disgusting really, with little or no redeemable qualities.  an odd pleasure.  or maybe not.  a lot of other pleasures could [...]