I play cards. Well, one game in particular: Pitch. There are usually six of us who play partners. One friend always has the “Oh, I hate when that happens” moment whenever he wins a hand, while getting every card he needs in the process. Great moment for him, annoying for every one else. This post […]

  Traditions are a funny thing. We just pass these things down without questioning them. They really are the elephant in the room. I am not much of a world traveler, so I am not too sure how other countries deal with some of these holiday traditions, but lets go through some. One in particular […]

  “Look in this mirror and tell me what you see.” “I see you Junior.” “You see Junior?” Well, you want to know what I see? I see pride. I see power. I see a bada** mother who won’t take no crap from no one.” Growing up, I watched Cool Runnings an embarrassing amount of […]

    This one is for the Christians in the room. (Read this for background)   If you are a Christian, your relationship with God is the most important thing about you. That isn’t some sort of cliche remark to get the juices flowing (okay, it is cliche, but I am serious about it right […]

New idea for Sundays. It should be a fairly relaxing day, and I want to add to your relaxation by providing a few laughs on your Sunday Funday. So, here is the first: “Don’t look at me like I am crazy, they’re the crazy ones!” – Dad Those words are etched into the fabric of […]

  You are not ready to date. Don’t call me a hypocrite just yet, you have to keep reading. Then you can feel free to call me one. Either way, you may not be ready to date. I use “ready” loosely. It is not as if you go through this pilgrimage of singleness and then […]

  Let’s say you read my last post, and you thought to yourself, “Don’t waste my time. I want to go on a date where we can really hash out the likelihood of this relationship taking off.” Ok, I hear you. You have a great job. You are great with your money. You are responsible. […]

    I am going to go on my own record and say that dating in the church world is quite awkward (it probably is everywhere). For some reason, dating and marriage have this very close relationship. “I will not date you unless I can marry you.” I am not convinced this should be the […]