FRIENDS. O to the M to the GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. If you’ve spent time at Momastery, you know that I’m obsessed with Nate Berkus. It’s right there in the bio that I wrote five years ago when I started this blog: I love Jesus, gay people, adoption, and rearranging furniture. In the interest of combining all my loves, I have asked Jesus to help me adopt Nate Berkus. I know that many of you are also obsessed with Nate and I don’t want to get all competitive because We Belong To Each Other but I am just saying that I LOVE HIM…
I love Gay People and I love Christians. I Choose All.
This is heavy on my mind this week, so I thought I’d throw all my energy and love in the Supreme Court’s direction…. If you haven’t read the original Mountain post, please start here. I’m not a smart man. But I know what Love Is. – Forrest Gump Several years ago at church, Craig and I sat through a sermon condemning homosexuality. As I listened to the sermon, which was based upon two lines of scripture in the New Testament, every fiber in my body rejected the message. My palms sweated, my heart pounded, and I started to feel queasy. I left…
Quit Pointing Your Avocado At Me
One of the questions folks ask most often is: G, I’m drowning in the mommy wars. How do I escape from all the mom-petition? My answer is always this: If you need it to disappear, stop believing in it. Competition is just like shame. It only exists for people who believe it does. I used to believe in mom-petiton so strongly that it left me more than a bit paranoid. I remember sitting in the food court of the mall one afternoon when my three kids were very young. I was cutting cardboard pizza and life-threatening “chicken” into itty bitty…