For some reason, though everything tells us otherwise, we all seem to have this illusion that we are in control of our lives and our surroundings. I may be speaking a good deal from my American perspective, but I do feel like it’s more of a human thing than a cultural thing. (We Americans just…
Tag: Observations
The Bills Win! The Bills Win!!
Since today is Super Bowl Sunday, I thought it might be an appropriate day to “talk football”. Mind you, I am still quite loyally a Bills fan. (In truth, I’m really only a Bills fan, not actually a fan of football or the NFL in general. I know… weird, right?) So, if you’re a Bills…
[From The Archive] I Want To Be God
Posting an often lengthy entry per day here at GregsHead.net has been an enjoyable task, but also in ways a daunting one. I really have enjoyed it and the exercise has been good for my mental as well as emotional/spiritual health. I have enjoyed reconnecting with you, the reader. (But I’m sure my extra twenty-five…
Pacific Time Zone Night Owl
When we were spending our days and nights—mostly nights—making music for people, we kept rather late hours. Especially me, I’d say, but also our family as a whole, kids included. This followed several years of campus ministry, which involved many late nights as well. (Our weekly meeting started at 9:45pm!) I always joked that we…
Some Things Never Change
Since the beginning of time, young kids have seen the colored tiles—whatever shape they might assume—as an endless playground for the imagination, and an exciting test of their balance and coordination skills. And the Campbell children are certainly no different! Walking the mall with any of our youngest kids is never really walking, it’s traversing….
Yearning For Less
“I wish I had more time!” I am saying that far too often these days. And, it sure seems true when I think it and/or utter it. I am finding that I wake up tired most days, and often go to bed later than I thought I would. And understandably, have much to do in…
Tim Tebow: The Power of Belief
Tim Tebow is really not that good. At quarterback. Have you noticed? Before his 80-yard TD pass on the first play of overtime in his first NFL playoff game, Tebow was a “magical” 9 for 20 for 236 yards and 1 TD. (That yardage total is actually pretty impressive on only 9 completions!) The best…
Transitions
We’re definitely in a season of transition here. I am beginning to understand that life itself is a season of transition. But there is a more specific area of transition I’m talking about. We have a teenager. (Da-da-dum…) And so, things are different. I don’t just mean that our food bills are (MUCH) higher, or…
What Matters Most: The Story of Jayden
Every day we have stuff to do. Things that are “on our plate”. At the time, they weigh on us, at the end of the day (or during the day) exhaust our energy, and they may or may not also leave us feeling fulfilled. You know what I’m talking about. It’s work, it’s the kids,…
On Being Thankful
This is the day we are thankful. All over our country we spend the day—even the whole weekend—thinking about the things for which we are thankful. Sometimes we have cute ways of saying it. You know, like the annual “go around the table and say what you’re thankful for” exercise. Or maybe it’s a more…