ordinary (mostly)

Why a blog?

Because everyone else is doing it.

Actually, I came across urbanmennonite.com, and I said, “Wow – that’s cool! This is my life. I identify completely.”

Well, actually no.

Perhaps, the Mennonite part. But definitely not the urban part. My family is firmly entrenched in suburbia. We live in a little subdivision. We’re on the high side of 2.5 kids, but to balance out that added chaos, we don’t have any pets.  Whoops – we’ve now got Jack.  And yes, we have a minivan.

But I still wanted to be cool. And this is the result.

What is ordinary (mostly)?

My life. My thoughts. And the Christian liturgical year.

Why not just call it ‘mostly ordinary’?

I wanted to. That name was taken.

So what will you write about?

You know – I’ll write about whatever I like, as infrequently as I like. But in broad strokes, I’ll talk about the every day stuff: hobbies, music and books, what my family is up to (like when one of my daughters yells, “Mom! She’s licking all the knives!”). And hopefully I’ll interject a bit about trying to live a faithful Christian life in the suburbs.

Any politics?

Hopefully not. But if I write enough and you read enough, you’ll figure me out. Then again, I might surprise you. I might surprise myself.