I was driving into Sonic this evening to get one of my favorite concoctions (Watermelon Tea — my favorite that isn’t coffee based) and I saw a Honda Element with the following message painted across the back of it.
“Dads are NOT $$$ or Visitors! We are parents too! Visit www.equalcustody.com”
I was struck by the forcefulness of those painted words. Seriously. Here is this Dad, blatantly looking to get his kids back. Maybe he has already gotten his kids back through petitioning the court. Maybe he hasn’t. Maybe he has this soft spot in his heart for Dads who actually WANT to be Dads. I don’t know. I just saw this guy’s vehicle and was bowled over by this.
I call it accountability. Yes. Accountability. Is everyone born with it? No. Does everyone learn it? No. But can you learn it? Yes. Hell yes. Have I learned it? Hell no, but I want to.
Why is this? Is it because I have this massive fear of committment? Probably, but I think that I want to learn accountability because I’ve ran away from it for so long. It’s not like I want to have some “big brother” or “father figure” lurking around me all the time. I just want someone that can help me with me. Is that so wrong?
So, I might not be a Dad looking to find my kids again and be a responsible male adult parent, but I am an adult male who’s looking to be a responsible adult male. More later….
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I’m feeling rather politically motivated these days and I’m not sure why. I think it’s a good thing to be motivated to work for the positive in a world overwhelmed with the negative. However, the more that I think about what I could be doing (and subsequently what I’m NOT currently doing), I find that by listening to those who have been and/or are NOW engaged in social action helps me get motivated to actually do something in this world in which I live. We’re supposed to be helping God enact the Kingdom of God in the earth, so why are we so passive and so eager to let it go to waste? Granted, conservative evangelical Christians are EAGER to “reform” America and help it “return” to the country’s “Christian” roots, but they want to do so at the expense of the REST of the world and at the expense of the environment, animals, minorities, lower classes, and other who are less privileged. Paraphrasing Jim Wallis, “When did God become rich, white, and American?”
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Hey there folks. I’m a follower of Jesus and I studied Political Science, History, and Economics in college. Thus, this guy makes WORLDS of sense to me. His name is Jim Wallis and he’s been gaining some notoriety with his new book — God’s Politics. This is a link to an interview that he did Tuesday morning with one of my favorite people in the whole world on her radio show. Check out what he has to say and check her out everyday if you get the chance.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/26/1355204
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There are more times than I wish to admit in which I tend to ramble & babble whatever I’m thinking at the time — a concept that can be pretty scary since my mind basically never turns off. Of course, there are times when I’m glad that my mind is always going, but there are times when I wish that my mind wasn’t so active. It would get me in so much less trouble….
And I’m not even talking about verbalizing everything that I’m thinking — I’m just talking about the fact that I’m always thinking about something or even several somethings all the time. The trouble that I get myself into is that I overanalyze what’s going on, typically to the point that I cause myself more worry and consternation than I should ever wrap my psyche/emotions within. As Derek Webb puts it so succinctly, there are 2 things that single guys talk/think about the most — the sovereignty of God and women. Simple as that, but not quite, since there’s SOOOOO much wrapped up in those 2 things. Thus, most folks (if any) who read my blog probably think, “Wow. This guy just can’t shut up about girls, can he?” Of course, that’s a fair assessment, but, when you’re single (looking?), those thoughts take up lots of space in one’s grey matter.
But here’s this — I don’t begrudge what I’m talking about here because it’s important to me. As narcissistic as that sounds, I know that I’m not alone in what I’m thinking about these topics upon which I discourse, so there’s the chance that what I’m talking about here might be of some benefit to someone besides myself. Hopefully at least…. Maybe I think too much of myself and my thoughts… Or maybe I think that because I’ve helped someone before with my thoughts that I can help someone again…. I take hope in the latter (as if you couldn’t tell).
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Urgh….
Yet again….
I’m not sure quite what term to use to describe what I feel, esp since feelings aren’t very easily described. Such is the nature of the (American) English language, but realizing my language’s limitations doesn’t make me feel any better for not knowing how to address what I feel. I’ve spent yesterday and today exchanging phone messages with a friend of mine, a woman I’ve mentioned before, a woman that I asked out yesterday on a date. So first off, maybe sexual frustration begins describing what I feel, but maybe it’s just general social anxiety regarding the male/female condition.
She called me back and, in a kinda nervous tone of voice, asked “what the occasion was” that would warrant such an invitation on my part. Read the rest of this entry »
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