Matrix

Agent Smith: I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area, and you multiply, and multiply, until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet, you are a plague, and we are the cure.

Bubble Boy

Do you know a Bubble boy? I do. I define the bubble boy as a person that lives in their own little bubble or world and rarely peeks out to observe the world around them. There are many people who live inside the cocoon of their own perspectives, religions, philosophies, genders, sexual orientations and the list goes on. To me one of the most perplexing bubble boy personas is that of the Christian Bubble. Don't get me wrong. Not all Christians live in this bubble. Only some do. They hang with Christian friends to the exclusion of others. (They do not have friends with those who do not identify with Christianity). They talk Christian talk. They write Christian Blogs. They preach Christian platitudes. And really don't understand the majority of us who work and live in the real world. Sometimes I see the Christian bubble in sermons I hear or blogs I read or people I speak with and I think to myself: "Wow...you got to be kidding me! Are you for real? Do you have any concept whatsoever about the real world and what people are facing?" Jesus was certainly not about being in the bubble of Christianity. He was about being with real people. Doing real things. Not just playing church or ministry. I was reading Job the other day and Jobs friends remind me of Bubble people. The talk Christian talk but they missed the whole point.

Step Monstering 101

So my wife thinks that at times I come across as the Step Monster from Hell!!!!! Well she actually has never said that but she is concerned that I come across as nagging. And perhaps there is some truth to that. I tend to nag at the kids when stuff they are responsible for does not get done. I don’t do this to be a prick.as some may think. I do it because we are a family of seven and if we all do not pull our weight and do our responsibilities our home is chaotic. The chaos and the mess that results from it are what drives me crazy. Don’t get me wrong. I am far from being a clean freak. I just want some semblance of order. Perhaps it may be true that I expect more from them than I do from myself. Although I do not really believe that to be true. What I realize about being a dad is that I need to lead with a servants heart to my family. And yet in order to teach them I need to monitor and expect from them. To hold them in account. I guess I struggle with that. I struggle with knowing how to parent them well. Because my desire to parent them comes across as nagging and unkind. And I don’t want to do that to any of my kids. I have more questions than answers. God help me.