Journaling as Spiritual Discipline

First a bit of transparent confession: it has long been a source of some frustration and, at times, embarrassment that I have never been very good at maintaining a formal daily devotion. I’ve tried… believe me, I have tried. It has just always seemed forced, contrived and (to be frank) smacking a bit of self-righteous … Read more

The quest for the Gear Bag

Okay… a Man Bag (that sounds vaguely obscene)… a MURSE… a male purse, if you insist. A friend of mind had back problems and problems with his leg going numb. This was traced to driving around sitting on a massive wallet stuffed with charge cards, customer loyalty cards, business cards from contacts, cash, receipts, and a dozen other necessities.  Guys carry a lot of stuff. So much that they can end up with a fat, exploding wallet like George Costanza on Seinfeld. I gave up on the traditional men’s wallet a few years ago, when it became overwhelmed, and I switched to a “travel wallet” … Read more