A lot of people create doctrines. A lot of people don’t realize they create doctrines. Usually it masquerades as a “personal opinion” (as in, “that’s just my personal opinion”) or a tradition (as in, “I always do it that way). On the rare occasion it will manifest itself as a “personal preference” (as in, “I [...]
Archive > July 2009
Long time no see.
Well, we have made it to Baton Rouge. It took us 32 hours. (Not bad with 3 kids under 5) We are mostly moved in, there is lots of reorganizing and shuffling that will take place over the next few weeks. The weather isn’t as bad as everyone makes it out to be. Yes, it [...]
Devilish Fads, part 1 of 2
The other day I was driving on the freeway. An SUV pulled in front of me, a nice one too. Except for one thing…it had a GIGANTIC tazmanian devil sticker on the back of it! Now, first of all, I am not a sticker-on-the-car person. I don’t have any fish (christian or otherwise), no NOTW, [...]
If the shoe fits…wear it. (unless it’s ugly)
Style is a funny thing. I wrote, a couple blogs ago, about creating or buying style. But there’s more to both of those theories. For me, when it comes to style, FIT is king. If the clothes don’t fit, I won’t even bother looking at it no matter how “stylish” it is. To be in [...]
Talking on the phone.
I have found that talking on the phone is the most useful for two types of people: 1) those who have nothing to do and 2) those who have way too much to do. The first group calls everybody they have in their phone. Most of the time they get the voicemail and leave wandering, [...]
