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PalmTree Pontifications: The Good News
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I am a thirty-six year old husband and father. Find here my musings about life: marriage, parenthood, sexuality, theology, literature, work, culture, travel, etc. Sunday, November 25, 2007. Doesn't this look like the outside he has promised us? Surely this winding way he is taking us on isn't the only way out - you can see it there just through this door.". Will you still follow me? You have given me freedom and I will follow you into death if I must! The man smiles to see a golden castle, shining in the...
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Bookshelf 2010 | Square Peg into a Round Hole
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Square Peg into a Round Hole. A Search for the Extraordinary Ordinary Life. Final Bookshelf for 2010. By C S. Lewis. The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society. Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? A Book about Children and Parents. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7). By J K. Rowling. Evolving in Monkey Town: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask the Questions. By Rachel Held Evans. Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer’s Life. By Patricia Irwin Johnston. When People Are...
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June | 2009 | Square Peg into a Round Hole
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Square Peg into a Round Hole. A Search for the Extraordinary Ordinary Life. You are currently browsing the monthly archive for June 2009. June 10, 2009 in Uncategorized. Who knew that on days like today when I feel racked with worry, stress, confusion, etc that I so firmly believed that a fraking sandwich would cure all my ills. With an empty stomach, everything is magnified and the distress is overwhelming. Then I’m ashamed to think that’s my first thought of how to assuage my feelings. Now this fasting...
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Current Thoughts | Square Peg into a Round Hole
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Square Peg into a Round Hole. A Search for the Extraordinary Ordinary Life. February 6, 2012 in Uncategorized. 1 I’d like to try blogging again, esp about books I’m reading. I found it super helpful to me (if not always interesting to anyone else) to try to capture my thoughts in a coherent manner and save them for some sort of posterity. Helps me feel like I’m engaging them in a deeper way. So here’s my list of what I’d like to re-read:. The God Who Loves You: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling. As for th...
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Bookshelf 2009 | Square Peg into a Round Hole
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Square Peg into a Round Hole. A Search for the Extraordinary Ordinary Life. Final Bookshelf for 2009. The Way of the Heart. By Henri J. M. Nouwen. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: Unleash the Power of Life in Christ. By MR Peter Scazzero. Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture. By Adam S. McHugh. The Girl in the Orange Dress: Searching for a Father Who Does Not Fail. The Weight of Glory. By C S. Lewis. Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors. Can You Drink the Cup? This is w...
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PalmTree Pontifications: September 11
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I am a thirty-six year old husband and father. Find here my musings about life: marriage, parenthood, sexuality, theology, literature, work, culture, travel, etc. Saturday, September 10, 2011. I've been seeing and hearing some commercials that.disturb me. They are about the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks. They have happened with both secular and Christian media. They all have the same idea. Let me also say that I don't have anything against animal rescue, environmentalism, d...
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PalmTree Pontifications: September 2011
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I am a thirty-six year old husband and father. Find here my musings about life: marriage, parenthood, sexuality, theology, literature, work, culture, travel, etc. Saturday, September 10, 2011. I've been seeing and hearing some commercials that.disturb me. They are about the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks. They have happened with both secular and Christian media. They all have the same idea. Let me also say that I don't have anything against animal rescue, environmentalism, d...
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PalmTree Pontifications: June 2008
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I am a thirty-six year old husband and father. Find here my musings about life: marriage, parenthood, sexuality, theology, literature, work, culture, travel, etc. Saturday, June 28, 2008. It's never easy growing up. I don't know why that it is. Maybe, like the butterfly, the struggle is what gives us the strength to fly. The truth is, I'm terrified of going back. Because I don't feel like I fully belong to them anymore. Will they recognize me? Is that fear grounded? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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PalmTree Pontifications: December 2006
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I am a thirty-six year old husband and father. Find here my musings about life: marriage, parenthood, sexuality, theology, literature, work, culture, travel, etc. Sunday, December 17, 2006. Football, Marriage and Transformation. That's it. So I'm sure you can understand why it came as such a shock to me today when I realized that I'm actually enjoying football! That's one change I never expected to happen - even for the love of my life. The skill, the finesse, the grace! Well, okay, I can accept her as s...
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PalmTree Pontifications: September 2008
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I am a thirty-six year old husband and father. Find here my musings about life: marriage, parenthood, sexuality, theology, literature, work, culture, travel, etc. Monday, September 15, 2008. I've the heard the concept of God "opening" or "closing" doors to let you know which direction he wants you to head in many times over the years, but I've never felt like I really understood it. I've never had an experience that really demonstrated that for me. Until now. So, finally, after a long, long hallway with ...