I suppose I suffer from a “perfectionist syndrome”. I came by it honestly – it was modeled to me perfectly while growing up. I consider it a gift – my wife considers it a curse, and therein lies a wonderful creative marriage tension. My symptoms are on grand display every Christmas morning. [...]
Archive for December, 2005
20 Dec
The Dinner Invitation…
The invitation read: “We want you to join us for dinner this Friday night.” It went on to give me the place, time, and suggested attire. I really didn’t know this family very well. In fact, I had just met them a week earlier in church. I was a freshman at [...]
19 Dec
Of Fondue Forks and Counting to 3…
I don’t know why, year after year I choose to wait ’till the last possible week to BEGIN my Christmas shopping. And to make matters worse, my bride and I decided to go to the mall the last Saturday before Christmas Eve! But if there is anything redeeming from this chaotic [...]
12 Dec
Red Letter Day…
I love vacations. I know – call me the master of the obvious, but the older I get the more I appreciate “the get-away”. After spending an incredible week away with just me and my bride I am refreshed and ready to meld back into my routine – if I could just remember [...]
2 Dec
J’ai Confiance En Vous…
It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to draw a parallel between the Israel described throughout Hosea and my beloved home town of New Orleans. In fact, upon closer examination, the similarities are sobering.
On August 29th I lost my home town.
Today, some 95 days after Hurricane Katrina made land [...]
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