Birds of a feather blog together. Thursday, February 3, 2011. Thanks to all my readers, friends, readers who have become friends, friends who have become readers, and readers who are not yet friends. Keep testing the story,. Thursday, December 23, 2010. The place no one wants to be.

I have come to learn something recently. Something that I thought I knew, but never really understood. That is the cost of following Christ. 8212; I realized what Jesus was saying is that if we really want to follow him, we cannot rely on the things of this world. We cannot wait behind for those who cannot or will not come. We cannot do the work of the Lord while looking back at what once was or what might have been.

Losing one voice; finding another. Moving Out, Up, and On. So, how about I just throw some things out there? Things From This Summer. I never intended to settle in Illinois.

It is one month until my birthday. One more month of excruciatingly difficult graduate classes. One more month of 60 hour work weeks until my graduate position ends, and I can go back to just 40 hours. If I make it there, I will be excited. Where do I begin? March 2, 2011. Is it like smoking? .