Category Archives: Autobiographical

Folk Song #3: Imperfect Love Song

When I was a hormonal teenager, love songs were pretty much all I wrote. When I look back on them now (or worse, listen to them) I’m struck by how grandiose (but shallow) they seem, and how I spoke of … Continue reading

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How the Music Came Back

In high school, I wrote about two or three songs each month, mostly melodramatic love songs and nineties-pop songs . In college, I slowed to about two or three songs a year. After college and for most of the last … Continue reading

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Why I’m “Presbymergent”

I mentioned a new website awhile back, for which I am a contributing editor. As part of the ongoing conversation, several of us are posting stories of our theological journeys as an answer to the question, “Why am I Presbymergent?” … Continue reading

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Free at last…Thank God Almighty, Free AT LAST!

Unless you know me very well, you have NO IDEA just how excited I am right now. It’s 1:00 in the morning, February 9th 2007. I’m sitting in my office at church (yes, I know–I should be home now). But … Continue reading

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Remembering My Dad

I’ve already posted about one of my favorite new websites, 43things. Today I ran across another “thing” (i.e. goal) that someone else had written, and I added it to my own list: Make my dad proud of me. When my … Continue reading

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NaBloYOUmo

So I’m not doing NaBloPoMo. It’s a great idea, but blogging every day for a month just isn’t realistic for me right now. But today comes a different sort of challenge–one I’m willing to take a stab at. Annie writes … Continue reading

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Ah, ah, ah, ah, Stayin’ Alive….

I’m not dead, and I’m not lapsing back into non-blogging status. At least that’s what I’m telling myself. It’s been a busy season, what with plastic flamingoes, kidnapping teenagers, taking Grady to the Zoo, Economics & Invitational at Sunset, and … Continue reading

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