By Justin Travers George died yesterday.  Or did he pass?  I never know which to use.  Pass is softer, but he died.  Either way, I am sad. I was just getting to know George.  He was a recently retired professor from an Ivy League school.  He joined our church.  It wasn’t long before he was an integral part of the church – part of its center.  He served on the Vestry committee.  He was there when a decision was needed about what to do about the broken window and the minister was out of … [Read more...]

By Justin Travers First of all, I didn’t know what a “DS” was.   I mean, I knew it was some hand-held video game thing.  I just assumed it was a type of video game.  I pretended that the “DS” meant something like “Dramatic Stories”, “Decimals and Sine-Curves” or “Delivery Me Some Sanity”.  I feared, however, that it meant “Death Star”, “Demons of Speed” or “Dirty Stuff”. Turns out that DS means “Double Screen”.  It’s a video game thing with two screens.  I have no idea what the screens are … [Read more...]

My Battle with King Video by Justin Travers Video is King.  So is the computer. The iPodtouch.   The TV.  The cellphone.  Movies and TV and video, oh my!   I fear that it is a form of pollution.  It is deteriorating Zack’s brain. But wait --  I really do mean it.  I mean, I know that any single TV show isn’t such a big deal. I know that one videogame is not going to kill my kid.  But if I let Zack have all the video he wanted, that’s all he would do.  And so, I’ve decided to do … [Read more...]

by Justin Travers “You never know what you really have until you’ve lost it.” “When I get weary, and I can’t sleep, I count my blessings, instead of sheep.” “Savor the moment.” These are such trite, hackneyed expressions. The only problem with them, of course, is that they’re true! And how do I know this? Well, I broke my hand. All this from a broken hand? How pathetic. So why did this affect me so much? Well, it was my right hand. And breaking your right hand is like, well, … [Read more...]