Party

You're at a party, and everyone is waiting for you to turn 18. At midnight, everyone starts singing happy birthday, then you run into the bathroom to vomit. There is a guy shouting in your ear, "you're a man now."

I'm afraid that tonight could drive a wedge in the middle of a stressed relationship. We have enough problems with disunity anyway.

Also, some things that are being said make me wonder if you'll leave, or if we'll drive you away.

Time makes a bit of difference, but I think it's weird that you can have this commitment and give it up. A month, thats dumb, but I guess you never really had that passion? Maybe you were talked into and out of it. That short time is silly, but I guess I understand why.

A year confuses me more. You are in this deep, and it seems like its a pretty big focus of your life. How much you're doing can't be ignored. You get stoked at the mention of Floor Punch, but where will you be when your 18?

You're one old dude. Your example has literally changed lives. It changed mine. You were the reason I believed. What could motivate you to give this up now? I'll keep your words alive; everything that you no longer hold on to will be carried by those you influenced. The legacy you chose to let die can't, not as long as I'm still here. I just don't understand you at all.

I just think it seems a little dishonest.

"...submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior." -Ephesians 5:21-23

the interpretation we had going, it sounds pretty good. I'm all about equality, and that is what you are reading into it. Sometimes, I agree, you should submit to your wife. I'm all about that. But I think it seems dishonest to call it biblical.
I notice, now, looking at the verse, that the verse after 22 seems to really drive home the sexism we are trying to distance ourselves from. 21 was the right choice to misdirect us on, to pull the sleight (submitting to one another). That one seems more equal, but not in the context.
I'm thinking I want to argue here, that by this chapter, equality doesn't seem biblical.


I feel weird saying that I think something is good, but not biblical. I feel like I've said something wicked, or that it's a paradox.

"why do you suppose that belief persists?"
"It's troubling. I guess because guys, people like me, haven't done our job."

quotes i'm not sure I agree with

"To truly become Christians we must also repent of the reasons we ever did anything right. Pharisees only repent of their sins, but Christians repent for the very roots of their righteousness, too. We must learn how to repent of the sun under all our other sins and under all our righteousness - the sin of seeking to be our own Saviour and Lord." -Tim Keller

"Just because someone tells you about Jesus doesn't mean they are 'shoving it down your throat' we just know there is a better life out there for you and care for you." - David S.

if i gave you 9 bucks would you waste an hour?

The last time I called in sick to work (not found someone to cover for me), was for a wedding. It was a longer shift; I think it might've been 8 hours. I felt kinda guilty, just skipping an entire shift like that. But the thought I kept having was, if someone offered me 72 dollars to just skip the wedding, there is no way I would do that. That's just ridiculous.