We Need More Men
Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011
I just finished reading Wild at Heart by John Eldredge about ten years after everyone else. He writes: When a man’s life becomes an adventure, the whole thing takes on a transcendent purpose when he releases control in exchange for the recovery of the dreams in his heart. Sometimes those dreams are buried deep and it takes some unearthing to get to them. We must pay attention to our desire. Often the clues are in our past, in those moments when we found ourselves loving what we were doing. The details and circumstances change as we grow, but the themes remain the same. READ MORE
Who Are You?
Posted on Thursday, June 23, 2011
I have been reading Winnie-the-Pooh to my kids. We went on the ride at Disney a while back and I realized I didn’t really know the story. Someone told me today that a new movie is coming out too- we will definitely go. A while back, I downloaded it for free when we first got our iPad. I am only now getting around to reading it to the girls- chapter by chapter. I wonder if A.A. Milne ever in his wildest dreams imagined that people all over the globe could have his work in their hands in a matter of seconds through a digital devise connected to communication waives in mid-air? Amazing how far our technology has developed, while the themes that define who we are really haven’t. READ MORE
Spinning Plates
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011
The search for significance in an age-old question that artists and writers have attempted to answer through their work for centuries- I am in a season of life where I am thinking a lot about making a difference. So this is the American dream as it is presented to us- being married to someone you love, having your own car, a job, a house with a mortgage, two kids, a reasonable amount of unsecured debt and a vacation once a year. It is something you see in an iPhone or a beer commercial or read about in Southern Living or Garden and Gun. READ MORE
Why do We Forget Our Wedding Day?
Posted on Sunday, April 03, 2011
I went to a really cool wedding on Saturday afternoon. It was in a renovated warehouse in downtown Jackson. Exposed bricks and beams, industrial lighting, a mix of antiques with modern furnishings, exposed HVAC and strings of single bulb lights gave a magazine-shoot-in-a-New York-loft type of feel to this very happy occasion. The weather was perfect, the bride and groom ecstatic and Rachel and I were especially touched because the couple was the first we had mentored through a program at our church. READ MORE
Rechargeable Batteries
Posted on Monday, December 27, 2010
Rachel and I were talking over coffee this morning and we realized that we have had four gatherings of family and friends in four days- the culmination to a chaotic year. The holidays can wear me out as much or more than work. Vacations can be the same way. Looking around the comparatively quiet but disheveled house, there are remnants of opened Christmas presents, gifts that the girls have not gotten around to play with, and two Christmas trees that I wouldn’t advise anyone to smoke near. READ MORE
A Blank Canvas
Posted on Friday, December 24, 2010
I am an art collector. I don’t have anything too crazy or extravagant- just cool, Mississippi, colorful art. I bought my first piece at the end of my third year of law school at Ole Miss. Through the years I picked up this canvas print that I have always liked. The scene is a setting with a big sea and a big sky and a single, red boat. I like it. When I look at it, any anxiety I have seems to slip away just a touch. This piece is what I call “trunk art.” That’s my word for art that is mass produced as opposed to a true original. I don’t know if I am using the word correctly, but it seems to fit. READ MORE
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