Flu shots?

Have you gotten your flu shot? I haven't and I'm not sure if I will after seeing this picture. Interestingly, she kinda looks like my g-ma. Also, is it just me or is the nurse lady wearing one of those high-visibility construction worker vests?

Well then, you can probably be wrong...

This is why i love and hate this world.

I love how there's a hint in their voice where you can tell that they're really not too sure. And we all know how happy everyone is when atheism rules...

The fool says in his heart,"There is {probably...?} no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is no one who does good.
Psalm 14:1

Note that this is not a slam on those without religion but a clarifier that we ALL fit this description, believer and non-believer. That's why we all need Christ.

mbh

Uh-oh...

I feel like a student that hasn't done his homework and now I'm surrounded by teachers slowly shaking their collective heads in unified disappointment. Shame, shame, I can hear them say. Maybe a little tsking, too.

Oh well. Sorry for the past...4 months?!? Whoops.

So what has happened in those 4 months? Sadly, a lot. Many good things: school started with fresh new faces and days filled with opportunity and learning. Some great fun motorcycle rides. Certain large fish now shudder at the slightest thought of my rod and reel. Weight has been lost (and unceremoniously found again). Hair re-grown. And finally a home has been bought and the walls freshly painted (praise God!).

The not-so-good things: I don't think I'm ready for that stuff just yet. The wounds are still sore.

But I feel ready to write again, which is a good thing. Hope everyone is doing well and I look forward to what these days have for us.

mbh

In the beginning...

I started a blog. It was the best of blogs, it was the worst of blogs, it was a blog of wisdom, it was a blog of foolishness, it was a blog of belief, it was a blog of incredulity. It was a blog that sadly stole the openings of two of the world's greatest books. But what can you do?

My sisters have successfully talked me into joining this strange environment, this world diary, this metaphoric speakerphone for all the universe to listen in on whatever I want to say. This, this blogging. What am I in for? What are you in for, might be the better question.

So, to start, I guess I better explain why it's called "however fleeting". The title comes from a part in a line from one of my favorite songs by one of the best bands around. No, not U2. Anyway, the line goes,

"I'll take these blue skies however fleeting, it might be too late tomorrow."

When I first heard it almost 6 years ago, it struck a chord (no pun intended, sadly) with me and I have often thought how it sums up so much of my life (my outlook, my faith, my relationships with friends and family, my responses to challenges and obstacles, etc.) and how I try (and try, try again) to live it.

I remember one day telling my students in Chapel that the only time that I am guaranteed to have is the present. Now is the only time we know we have. My question to them (and ultimately to myself) is, are we living obediently to God's will now or are putting it off? Are we living holy now? What are we doing with it? Waiting? Waisting? Investing? Rejoicing? Obeying? Loving? Doubting? What?

I know the phrase isn't as cool as Carpe Diem, especially when Robin Williams says it, but it really makes me think and, hopefully, act. That's my hope for this blog. To help me (or us) think and act.