The fire raged, all around me, even though I had taken care to avoid it all my life. I'd done all the right things and taken all the right precautions but, still, I was trapped. The fire consumed me. As my flesh melted from the flames, I was powerless to stop the inferno. My life …
Enough
The concept of enough has been addressed by others but I wanted to take my crack at it. I have had a six figure income. I have also experienced paralysis and cognitive impairment which was thought to be permanent while being the sole source of support for a good sized family. My perspective of normal …
Life at a Walker’s Pace
Trudging through two feet of snow in subzero temperatures on my Ojibwa snowshoes, my heart is beating a little heavier but it's the only sound that pierces the cold silence. From time to time, Max checks back with me after whatever mad dash his nose takes him on. I'm alone with my thoughts as I …
On Dying Young
Within the last year, I lost a childhood friend. He died a middle aged man of "old people" causes, perhaps brought on by lifestyle choices. He was a star athlete in high school and college. A beast of a man. If anyone was indestructible it was him. More recently, I lost a brother-in-law who died …
The Death of Christendom
Not so long ago, here and across the Atlantic, Christendom reigned to a point that it was so commonly assumed that folks wouldn't even have called it Christendom. It was the centuries long time when cultural, societal, political and religious norms blurred together to form a consensus of sorts. Certainly, North America, Europe and some …
On Not Being Religious
One of the most hurtful things someone can say to me is to call me religious. You see, religion is a most human construct. It's where we go when we've run out of justifications for allowing ourselves to think as we wish. Religion is self-centered. It focuses on how to make oneself jolly. It is …
Pursuing Passions
One of the greatest harms a grownup can do to a child is to trample on that child's passions. However, one of the next greatest harms a grownup can do to a child is to teach that child that pursuing a passion is the same thing as pursuing a result. So often, we adults tend …
Letters
Does anyone actually write letters anymore? It seems like everything is communicated by text or email with even phone conversations becoming an endangered species. Idk what this is doing to us or our language but u have probably noticed the same thing. Btw, we even seem to have to provide the emotions in abbreviated, written …
Hope: The Unsung Hero
"But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they shall be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ... And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. " I Corinthians 13:8,13 NIV The Apostle Paul's love chapter is one of the …
What Dogs Have to Teach Us
"Hmmm. Smells like poop. I think I'll roll in it. " "Oh. I love fresh toilet bowl water. " "I think I'll chew up this shoe. Even though master seems mad when I do this, I bet this time it's ok. " Do dogs have anything to teach us, these friendly, slobbering fur balls of …
reflections of a flawed man 