Mrs. Blather and I have a running joke now. Whenever we’re watching television, at least once during every commercial break we’ll look at each other, smile, and say in unison, “And there he is.” The “he” is the most ubiquitous character in television advertising–the Doofus Dad/Hapless Husband. And he is always accompanied by a wise, […]
Twenty-four years ago tonight, she said yes. And oh, what a difference that affirmative response has made in my life. It is no exaggeration to say that I am a man saved by God’s grace and a woman–the latter being a major manifestation of the former. She said yes . . . in spite of […]
Father’s Day, like Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day is a man-made holiday. A synthetic creation of our culture rather than an organic product of the Christian calendar. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against these observances. I’m for them. But they do have the effect of tainting anything done on them with a slight element […]
We were “five” at church last night for the first time in quite a while. Which was nice. We have all three Female Offspring Units at home for a brief season. In a few weeks FOU #2 heads back to Norman to start a job. Meanwhile #1 is searching for meaningful employment with a freshly […]
I’m convinced that future historians will look back on the 2006 and 2008 elections as years in which Americans chose the worst possible government at the worst possible moment. Not that the preceding governmental policies were all that great. Indeed, we now know that most of the apparent prosperity that followed the bursting of the […]
Add this to the extensive and growing “Evidence that Western Civilization is Doomed” list. Occasionally, as Mrs. Blather and I drive through what’s left of the U.S. 114 – U.S. 121 interchange in Grapevine (it’s currently blown up to allow for a long-needed extreme makeover) one of us will shake a head and comment on […]
Another good weekend filled with not-writing. I’ve been doing a lot of not-writing lately. In fact, I’m cranking out some of the finest not-writing of my life. (There’s a rumor I’m about to be nominated for a anti-Pulitzer for best non-fiction not-writing.) This weekend we all traveled in a family caravan to Austin for the […]
I mentioned in a previous post that a few Saturdays ago I spoke to a group of men called “318.” My topic was masculine spirituality The audio of my talk is now available on the podcast page of their web site. What a great and diverse group of men I met that morning. I think […]
Two weeks ago I began a series of posts laying out a masculine model of spirituality. In that first post I observed: Ten thousand Womens’ Studies masters theses were built around the doctrinaire assertion that there were no inherent differences between men and women other than some plumbing and a little difference in upper body […]
Last weekend it was the college graduation of FOU #1. This weekend, the rehearsal dinner and wedding of the daughter of some of our closest friends. We’ve known the bride since she was about three years old and have lived within a mile of her parents in three different states. It was my privilege to […]
