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His Last Trip Home: A Life Update
It has rained seemingly non-stop the last 3 days. In one sense, there couldn’t be better weather to start on the final leg of emptying out the home that I spent the most years of my life, a place where I lived with just me and my dad for 5 years. There was so much…
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Pro Wrestling Goes to Church Fin.
This is the final portion of a reflection on pro-wrestling and church. One aspect of pro wrestling that is a natural outflow of the scope of the performance art itself is personal critique. There is so much to learn in pro wrestling, from ring psychology, to safely executing moves, to gauging fan reaction, to self-promotion,…
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Pro Wrestling Goes to Church Part III
This is part III of a reflection on Pro Wrestling and Church and perhaps will be the hardest to articulate. Part I covered Faith and Truth, Part II covered Execution/Liturgy and Etiquette. This part will deal more with behind the curtain circumstances than the performance although they certainly are correlated. It is more about the…
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Pro Wrestling Goes to Church Part II
This is Part II of a reflection on Pro-Wrestling and Church. Part I focussed on Faith and Truth. This part focuses on the practical aspects of community. Execution/Liturgy I went to an Ash Wednesday Service recently at a Catholic Church. I like Ash Wednesday and as I grow older the more I like traditions. I…
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Pro-Wrestling Goes to Church Part I
I’ve wanted to write something like this for a decade and maybe I have. It’s hard to keep track of 323 blog entries. But I’ve wanted to write about how the world of professional wrestling internal and external operate as an at times ideal version on the Church. Now I know what you might be…
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Allegations, Abuse and the Unaccountable Part II
Light Sometimes I think people have this unfounded notion that darkness is brought to light by some sort of magic. That we are traipsing through a field and accidentally stumble upon a massive scandal or hidden sin or devilish plot as if it was just hiding out in some pleasant place waiting to be discovered.…
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Sons & Fathers and Wrestling With God: Audio Tapes (Trauma Part I)
There is a passage in the Bible that is at the crux of creation, redemption, salvation, and monotheism and the theme of it is replayed throughout Scripture: fathers giving their son’s over to death. No not God the Father giving over Jesus, no not God giving Adam and Eve over to death when a simple…
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Sons & Fathers and Wrestling with God: A Picture
I found a picture. Well, truth be told I found lots of pictures. Well, truth be told I found lots of everything. I spent the summer cleaning and going through Dad’s house. There was and is so much. So much from my grandma, so much from him, so much from me. There was so much,…
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The Sun, The Sea, And Me
I have not written in a long time. Maybe 2 1/2 months to some is not a long time. Maybe it’s not a long time and just feels like a long time. I guess it depends on what you’re waiting for or enduring. I think vitamin D and water are good for you. I think…
The Long Rebuild
The Reconstructed 