March 8th, 2010 “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” Wow . . . what a crazy statement! What a statement of conclusiveness and closure. I imagine this statement being made in the environment of some high-tech sci-fi movie where everyone can fly, all diseases are cured with painless subdermal injections, and poverty has [...]
Posts Tagged ‘faith’
Everything That Can Be Invented Has Been Invented
Posted: 8th March 2010 by johndriver in !$categories$!, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, Religion, Spirituality, wisdomTags: Abraham, attitude, choices, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, David, faith, God, heritage, history, hope, Joseph, patent office, Religion, Spirituality, wisdom
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Keep Swinging!
Posted: 1st February 2010 by johndriver in Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, Religion, Spirituality, wisdomTags: attitude, choices, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, discipline, faith, God, golf, Jesus, Religion, Spirituality, success, trust, wisdom
February 1st, 2010 A golfing great, I am not. In fact, I’m not even in the top ten. I’m not as hopeless at the game as I once was, but I can still see the “hopeless green” from the “pretty-much-hopeless tee box” where I now stand. Golf is a bitter friend of mine whom I seldom visit, [...]
Sadie's Personal Rickshaw
Posted: 20th November 2009 by johndriver in !$categories$!, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, marriage, Parenting, Religion, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, wisdomTags: advice, attitude, children, choices, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, faith, family, God, heart, Jesus, journey, marriage, Parenting, parents, Religion, rickshaw, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, Uncategorized, wisdom
November 20th, 2009 As quickly as the first year of Sadiedom passed, the second year fell into full swing. The changes seemed to accelerate . . . something I thought impossible. One of the most enjoyable changes had less to do with Sadie’s age and more to do with the acquisition of a new toy [...]
Indiana Jones and the Dewey Decimal System
Posted: 18th November 2009 by johndriver in !$categories$!, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, marriage, Parenting, Religion, sex, Spirituality, wisdomTags: advice, attitude, choices, correction, Culture, Daily Living, dating, discipline, faith, family, fear, foolishness, God, godliness, heart, history, Indiana Jones, Jesus, marriage, money, naivety, Parenting, parents, Religion, sex, simpleton, Spirituality, trust, Uncategorized, wicked, wisdom
November 18th, 2009 Focus Passage: Proverbs 14:15-18 15 Only simpletons believe everything they’re told! The prudent carefully consider their steps. 16 The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence. 17 Short-tempered people do foolish things, and schemers are hated. 18 Simpletons are clothed with foolishness, but the prudent are crowned [...]
Sadie and the Sands of Togetherness
Posted: 19th October 2009 by johndriver in !$categories$!, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, marriage, Parenting, Religion, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, wisdomTags: attitude, babies, children, choices, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, faith, family, first beach, first swimming pool, God, Gulf Shores Alabama, heart, Jesus, marriage, Parenting, parents, Religion, sand, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, togetherness, Uncategorized, wisdom
October 19th, 2009 About three weeks before we celebrated Sadie’s first birthday, we embarked upon another “first” of epic proportions: her first vacation to the beach. Saddling up the SUV with every possession that we owned along with some that I had no recollection of purchasing, we hit the road a’runnin’. Oh and photos will [...]
Sometimes You've Got to Bear-Crawl Before You Can Walk
Posted: 16th October 2009 by johndriver in !$categories$!, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, marriage, Parenting, Religion, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, wisdomTags: advice, attitude, babies, Christianity, correction, crawling, Culture, Daily Living, discipline, faith, family, God, heart, Jesus, lukewarm, mobility, Parenting, parents, poverty, reasoning, Religion, sitting up, Spirituality, stages of development, The Chronicles of Sadie, truth, Uncategorized, walking, wisdom
October 16th, 2009 In the first year, mobility is the key indicator of what stage of development your baby is in. Sure, cognitive responses, motor skills, and verbal responses are all very important, but no other factor changes the very culture of your home as mobility. The first couple of weeks are pieces of cake [...]
A Day at the Park Isn't Always "A Day at the Park"
Posted: 14th October 2009 by johndriver in !$categories$!, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, marriage, Parenting, Religion, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, wisdomTags: attitude, choices, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, faith, family, George Castanza, God, hot dogs, Jerk Store, Jesus, Laziness, marriage, Parenting, park, Religion, repeat experiences, Seinfeld, shaved ice, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, Uncategorized, wisdom
October 14th, 2009 My wife has a few obsessions in life. A house that is spotless before we leave for a trip so that upon our return, there will be no work to do (yeah right.) Food is either piping hot or “ice cold” . . . there is no in-between . . . there [...]
The Eyes Have It
Posted: 7th October 2009 by johndriver in !$categories$!, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, marriage, Parenting, Religion, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, wisdomTags: attitude, change, children, choices, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, faith, God, Jesus, newborn awareness, Parenting, perspective, Religion, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, truth, Uncategorized, wisdom
October 7th, 2009 The fourth week of parenthood found Laura and I still running on the fumes of the emotional slip-n-slide of bringing home the baby. We were somewhat accustomed to our new life, but everything rapidly changed everyday. Sadie seemed to grow right before our very eyes and we were just happy to be [...]
The Poop Whisperer
Posted: 23rd September 2009 by johndriver in !$categories$!, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, marriage, Parenting, Religion, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, wisdomTags: choices, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, discipline, faith, family, fatherhood, forgiveness, God, Jesus, love, Parenting, parents, Religion, Spirituality, temptation, The Chronicles of Sadie, The Poop Whisperer, Uncategorized, wisdom
September 23rd, 2009 Parenthood is not just about doing things that you’ve never done before, it’s also about not doing things that you would have done before the pitter-patter of little feet hit the floor of your previously non-paternal pad. In my case, gagging is one thing that I seldom do now . . . [...]
The Metamorphosis of Rubber Ducky
Posted: 1st September 2009 by johndriver in !$categories$!, Christianity, Culture, Daily Living, marriage, Parenting, Religion, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, wisdomTags: attitude, bath time, children, choices, Christianity, cleansing, correction, Culture, Daily Living, faith, family, forgiveness, God, godliness, Jesus, Parenting, parents, Peter, Religion, Spirituality, The Chronicles of Sadie, Uncategorized, washing feet, wisdom
September 1st, 2009 You may remember the story I wrote some time ago about Sadie’s first bath time nightmare. The screams of agony. The beet-red face. The grueling and squirming . . . but enough about me, you should have seen Sadie! I told you, however, that she eventually became accustomed and even fond [...]