Welcome to Thankful Tuesday! I’ve been teaching at my new school for a little over a month now. And, quite aside from all the reasons (financial, familial, existential, personal, career), taking this job was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I am now in my third year of formally teaching. For my first Continue reading

Welcome to Thankful Tuesday! On Saturday, we moved in with Amanda’s parents. This is a temporary measure (we will be buying a house after the first of the year but before the next baby comes) that will allow us to save some more money and to take our time looking for a house. We have Continue reading

Welcome to Thankful Tuesday! One of my fundamental beliefs, rooted in my Christian faith, is that the primary (though not only) cause of suffering in the world is people. Something is fundamentally wrong with people on an ontological level. Contemporary accounts of this problem variously include the following: ignorance (to be solved through education), lack Continue reading

Welcome to Thankful Tuesday! Amanda and I moved to Dallas eighteen days ago, and I am thankful for so many things: I am thankful for all of the friends and family who helped us move in. And, even more, I am thankful that we are now able to regularly spend time with friends who have Continue reading

Welcome to Thankful Tuesday! Today I am thankful for: My marriage! Seriously, being married has been wonderful. I know that we’re still at the VERY beginning, but I’m a much happier person because of Amanda. Our new puppies! I wrote about our new dogs here, but I want to take this moment to say that Continue reading

Welcome to Thankful Tuesday! This weekend I watched two movies. Amanda and I saw Man of Steel on Saturday and then Drew and I saw World War Z on Sunday. Neither of them were all that great, but that’s not the point of this post anyway. What each of them did offer, though, was a Continue reading

Welcome to Thankful Tuesday! I am incredibly thankful for this past weekend. I spent Friday doing absolutely nothing with my favorite person in the world! I spent Saturday afternoon cooking dinner and I spent Saturday night with Drew. We smoked fine cigars and drank fine wine. It was wonderful. On Sunday, we started our community Continue reading

Welcome to Thankful Tuesday! I am tremendously thankful that I woke up this morning feeling like I had slept twelve hours instead of the six that I actually slept. I am thankful for my master’s program. I just finished writing an abstract generated from the ideas I’ve been discussing in the Mythology and the Bible Continue reading

First off, I cannot believe that it is already the end of February! I get married in 89 days! So that’s pretty crazy. Today I will depart from my usual Thankful Tuesday style and just list what I am thankful for. I am thankful for my dad who teaches the Junior class at the church Continue reading

First, a programming note: I have been extremely busy lately. My parents and grandparents were in town this previous weekend to watch my sister perform in Sing Song, which means I didn’t get much school work done. I have several assignments due this week and next, none of which are light. I am presenting at Continue reading

I’ve been reflective lately, thinking about how I got here. Why things are how they are and not like how they aren’t. And with looking back comes the inevitable nostalgia. It’s not like I think high school or—God forbid—middle school was all that awesome. But, I became myself then. Or, at least, the trajectory I Continue reading

Four days off from work and class and I still feel like I need a break. And this is only the second week of the semester. Lord help me. Over the last four days I have been doing the first set of readings for my classes. I am taking an American Literature class where we Continue reading

Yesterday, after work, I made my way to Amanda‘s house for dinner and an evening of playing Axis and Allies. When I got there, around 4:15 p.m., Amanda was in a flurry of activity in the kitchen. She was working hard to make a new dish that neither she nor I had ever had before. Continue reading

My Christmas break is almost over and soon I will return to the classroom and to work. But first, a word of thankfulness. Here are some moments I am thankful for from Christmas break: When I got to announce the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Drew Dixon to the waiting crowd at the reception. When Continue reading

The last couple of weeks have been a bit crazy for me. Between Thanksgiving and school, I have neglected the blog. But, in the midst of the craziness, life still goes on. Life still beats, pounding out the rhythm of meaning. I suppose yesterday is a perfect example: I woke up early, made coffee, and Continue reading

Today as I listened Shane and Shane on shuffle at work, “O Come O Come Emmanuel” came on. And while I normally don’t listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving, I let it slide today. And, so, right now I want to do nothing less than blast Christmas music, pour a cup of coffee, and Continue reading