I can't believe that it has been this long since I last wrote in my blog... Basically, I don't think I have that exciting of a life, but I know that my mom likes to read about it. Mom's will always be moms....
I will write more in the next few days and speak:
My recent house remodel
My recent trip to Guatemala
Wes' happenings
and whatever else may come to my head (which shouldn't be much)
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Monday, November 27, 2006
Wes... again....
Wes knows that I write about him, so he reads this now from time to time. He recently gave me his Senior picture and I will try and scan it and post it on Flickr.
My answer to Wes regarding Noah was this. "Who says that the laws God puts out for us are the same laws that He abides by." When God gave the 10 commandments to Moses, He said "you shall not," but never included himself as a person for whom the laws are for. Wes is still stewing on this.
We is starting a forum of devil's advocates here in town at a local bookstore. I am really proud of him and the investigating he does to find truth on his own terms. He is a great kid and I know that one day he will claim God's kingdom as his own.
I have requested with his school that he continue to come in next semester as well. They are very open to it and I think it will be great. We have fun together.
I think he is getting tired of debating me. I have got him frustrated a lot lately, not that I am trying to, but some of his ideas about life are a little too one sided from just his point of view. I try and balance him out a little.
Today we were talking about gaining credibility. I have told him that whether or not he likes it, that a college degree will give him credibility to those who don't know him. He doesn't like to hear things like that. Let's just put it this way, when he left me today he told me he probably wouldn't sleep much tonight... too much to think about.
Wes also turned a corner the other week. He confronted me about something I said to him and that it wounded him a little. In other words, he said I hurt his feelings. I replied with, "I thought you had no feelings." He laughed. What happened was that he said something about Christianity that was completely off base. I told him that if he believed that about Christianity (I can't recall specifically what the debate was about) then he has a shallow view of Christianity. Wes came back to me the next week and said that any time I say that he has a shallow view of anything, that is a wounding comment. I asked him if he truly knew what I meant, and he replied with his usual "oh, yes." His point to me was that he thinks about so much and tries to get below the surface of stuff that for someone to think he is shallow is very hurtful. I apologized and made sure that he didn't feel picked on. He didn't. We are still tight. I have even moved up in Wes' eyes. He recently referred to me as his "friend type thing." Life is good.
My answer to Wes regarding Noah was this. "Who says that the laws God puts out for us are the same laws that He abides by." When God gave the 10 commandments to Moses, He said "you shall not," but never included himself as a person for whom the laws are for. Wes is still stewing on this.
We is starting a forum of devil's advocates here in town at a local bookstore. I am really proud of him and the investigating he does to find truth on his own terms. He is a great kid and I know that one day he will claim God's kingdom as his own.
I have requested with his school that he continue to come in next semester as well. They are very open to it and I think it will be great. We have fun together.
I think he is getting tired of debating me. I have got him frustrated a lot lately, not that I am trying to, but some of his ideas about life are a little too one sided from just his point of view. I try and balance him out a little.
Today we were talking about gaining credibility. I have told him that whether or not he likes it, that a college degree will give him credibility to those who don't know him. He doesn't like to hear things like that. Let's just put it this way, when he left me today he told me he probably wouldn't sleep much tonight... too much to think about.
Wes also turned a corner the other week. He confronted me about something I said to him and that it wounded him a little. In other words, he said I hurt his feelings. I replied with, "I thought you had no feelings." He laughed. What happened was that he said something about Christianity that was completely off base. I told him that if he believed that about Christianity (I can't recall specifically what the debate was about) then he has a shallow view of Christianity. Wes came back to me the next week and said that any time I say that he has a shallow view of anything, that is a wounding comment. I asked him if he truly knew what I meant, and he replied with his usual "oh, yes." His point to me was that he thinks about so much and tries to get below the surface of stuff that for someone to think he is shallow is very hurtful. I apologized and made sure that he didn't feel picked on. He didn't. We are still tight. I have even moved up in Wes' eyes. He recently referred to me as his "friend type thing." Life is good.
I will never....
Things I think I will never do again...
(I say "I think" because you can really never say never, and, I may change my mind)
Remodel a house
Have kids
Move East
Buy a big old house
Go to school
Root for WSU
Eat a lot of fried food
I'm sure the list could go on... but that is all I have for now.
(I say "I think" because you can really never say never, and, I may change my mind)
Remodel a house
Have kids
Move East
Buy a big old house
Go to school
Root for WSU
Eat a lot of fried food
I'm sure the list could go on... but that is all I have for now.
Sunday, October 15, 2006
More on Wes
Wes came to church last night. He brought his grandparents and I haven't heard whether or not he enjoyed it. (I had to leave church early and go to the Motley Crue concert.... old habits die hard). Now before you start thinking Wes is softening by coming to church, let me assure you that the only reason he was there was because I made him. I have a little power over him and I used it, however we did hang out together and I introduced him to a lot of people. I love helping him with his social interactions. He is a great guy as you get to know him better.
After hearing a discussion about small groups (he heard this in our weekly staff meeting that I also make him go to), Wes said that he wanted to start a small group for agnostics. A place for people who have doubts about Christianity, God, etc. can go and interact with one another. I told him if he put it together I would do whatever I could to help. He is working on it. I am hoping he will let me go at some point and interact with this group.
Our latest conversation came around this question: "Who created the flood of Noah?" Wes says that if God did it then He is guilty of premeditated murder since God planned it for over 120 years as Noah built the ark. How would you answer Wes? I will tell you what my answer was and our interaction in a future post.
After hearing a discussion about small groups (he heard this in our weekly staff meeting that I also make him go to), Wes said that he wanted to start a small group for agnostics. A place for people who have doubts about Christianity, God, etc. can go and interact with one another. I told him if he put it together I would do whatever I could to help. He is working on it. I am hoping he will let me go at some point and interact with this group.
Our latest conversation came around this question: "Who created the flood of Noah?" Wes says that if God did it then He is guilty of premeditated murder since God planned it for over 120 years as Noah built the ark. How would you answer Wes? I will tell you what my answer was and our interaction in a future post.
Living in a 130 year old house..
Our house is literally falling down. Yes, you read right. In the midst of all of our remodeling, our house has decided to fall a little bit. About a half an inch to be exact. Let me explain...
Last week when I was painting, I noticed that the cabinets had pulled away from the wall. About 1/32 of an inch (which doesn't sound like much, but it is noticeable) and that there was some sagging in the walls. I then went looking and found several cracks in our plaster walls that indicated that something moved. Upstairs in our guest bedroom, there is about a 1/2 inch buckle in our floor by our radiator heater. So I did more investigating and discovered that one of the floor joist's in our basement has been cut (years ago) from the foundation and there has never been a support put under the floor in this location after it was cut. Soooo after all of the work being done on the house, the old place decided to give a little where there is no support.
I will fix it, but it scared the bejeebers out of me a little until I figured what the problem was.
Our remodel is going fine other than this and will look incredible when it is all done. I just thought I would write about the joys and dilemma's of working on a 130 year old house.
Last week when I was painting, I noticed that the cabinets had pulled away from the wall. About 1/32 of an inch (which doesn't sound like much, but it is noticeable) and that there was some sagging in the walls. I then went looking and found several cracks in our plaster walls that indicated that something moved. Upstairs in our guest bedroom, there is about a 1/2 inch buckle in our floor by our radiator heater. So I did more investigating and discovered that one of the floor joist's in our basement has been cut (years ago) from the foundation and there has never been a support put under the floor in this location after it was cut. Soooo after all of the work being done on the house, the old place decided to give a little where there is no support.
I will fix it, but it scared the bejeebers out of me a little until I figured what the problem was.
Our remodel is going fine other than this and will look incredible when it is all done. I just thought I would write about the joys and dilemma's of working on a 130 year old house.
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