I’ve put off writing this one for a day, partly because I wasn’t sure how to tell it without sounding like I was selling something. I’m just a guy who loves Jesus, living in the piney backwoods, trying to live my faith and love others the way He does, and some days the line betweenContinueContinue reading “The Folding Table”
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Jettisoning The Nostromo Files, or: How I Learned to Stop Obsessing and Love “Alien”
After a long day of rat-killing—running errands, knocking out chores and generally getting things done, for those of you who aren’t familiar with the Southern idiom—I kicked back in the recliner and rewatched the 1979 Alien last night, the whole thing in 4K, and found myself almost giddy at how beautiful it still is. AfterContinueContinue reading “Jettisoning The Nostromo Files, or: How I Learned to Stop Obsessing and Love “Alien””
The Burden of Infinite Choices
The other day I wanted to accomplish something simple. I wanted my smartphone to ring loudly when someone called, but I also wanted to turn the volume down while watching a video. That was it. Instead, I found myself wandering through settings with names like Ringer and Alerts, Media Volume, Change with Buttons, and enoughContinueContinue reading “The Burden of Infinite Choices”
Behind the Board: What I Learned from “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson”
In 1982, I didn’t know the word for it. I only knew the feeling. But it was time to pick a college major, and that feeling stuck foremost in my mind. I’d long watched The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson first with my parents when I was finally old enough to stay up that late, and then on my own. HearingContinueContinue reading “Behind the Board: What I Learned from “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson””
The Quiet Work of Noticing
A reflection a former colleague shared on LinkedIn made me stop and think. I first started reading it while I was standing in line at the checkout. I didn’t finish it there. I came back to it later at home. It was something she had written about a season of life that felt defined byContinueContinue reading “The Quiet Work of Noticing”