Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
Jared Bridges 
Nobody won the game. It was long enough ago to still be in the era of the NCAA football tie – when the outcome of a game could still be something other than a win or a loss. The year was 1993, and the place was Birmingham, Alabama’s Legion Field. It was the third Saturday … Read more
Well, at least there are still places to go. I hereby present my yearly tradition of recording all the cities, towns, hamlets, or dots-on-a-map in which I’ve spent at least one night during the previous year. Here this year’s list for 2021: Baton Rouge, LA* Boone, NC* Centreville, VA Chattanooga, TN* Ft. Myers, FL* Kingsport, … Read more
“But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.” Hebrews 3:13 Tom Fillinger was a man marked by urgency. He could have easily been mistaken for a curmudgeon. But if curmudgeons are marked by criticism and inaction, Tom Fillinger … Read more
Even locked-down, I went a couple of places in 2020. I hereby present my yearly tradition of recording all the cities, towns, hamlets, or dots-on-a-map in which I’ve spent at least one night during the previous year. Here this year’s list for 2020: Baton Rouge, LA* Chattanooga, TN* Kingsport, TN* Prince Frederick, MD Wintergreen, VA* … Read more
How the 34-year old disaster at Chernobyl may have more in common with our current COVID-19 crisis than you might think.
As follows, my yearly tradition of recording all the cities, towns, hamlets, or dots-on-a-map in which I’ve spent at least one night during the previous year. Here this year’s list for 2019: Ararat, VA* Asheville, NC Cashtown, PA* East Earl, PA* Holland, MI* Kingsport, TN* Minneapolis, MN* Owensboro, KY* Pigeon Forge, TN* Spartanburg, SC Washington, … Read more
As follows, my yearly tradition of recording all the cities, towns, hamlets, or dots-on-a-map in which I’ve spent at least one night during the previous year. Here this year’s list for 2018: Asheville, NC Holland, MI* Gray, TN Spartanburg, SC Chautauqua, NY* Minneapolis, MN* Kingsport, TN* Washington, DC* Woodbridge, VA* cf. 2005/1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, … Read more
As follows, my yearly tradition of recording all the cities, towns, hamlets, or dots-on-a-map in which I’ve spent at least one night during the previous year. Here this year’s list for 2017: Chattanooga, TN* Culpeper, VA Holland, MI* Indianapolis, IN* Lynchburg, VA Minneapolis, MN* Moravian Falls, NC* Kingsport, TN* Washington, DC* Williamsburg, VA* Woodbridge, VA* … Read more
Yet again, following my yearly tradition, here’s a record of all the cities, towns, hamlets, or dots-on-a-map in which I’ve spent at least one night during 2016. New this year is an asterisk, noting multiple nights in each city. Here this year’s list: Anthem, AZ Chattanooga, TN* Holland, MI* Purlear, NC* Minneapolis, MN Kingsport, TN* … Read more
If you’ve ever had kids (or have been a kid), and attended a Sunday morning worship service at a church, you know the struggles involved in placing a child into an age-old, but not necessarily age-appropriate environment. I took at stab at that sometimes-prickly subject over at my church’s blog in a two part series: … Read more