I'm a husband. I'm a father to two boys. I'm a pastor by nature, and a physicist by training. Being a pastor, I find myself being invested in the success of other people. I am curious about faith and the role it plays in the lives of the people around me. I am also curious about the connection--or sometimes, the disconnect--between faith and religion. I love to talk to people and think about the compelling things of life, and why we often spend so much time on the things that aren't compelling.
Being a scientist, I like to analyze everything . . . maybe over analyze would be more accurate. After it's been over-analyzed, I like to turn everything into a system. I married a communicator. A good one. Mrs. O has an MS in Communication. Physical science meets social science, and therein lies the challenge, but I love a good a challenge...
So, I've noticed husbands facing similar challenges. They don't always look the same, but they are fundamentally similar. How do I buy the right anniversary gift? I talk...why does she seem to think I don't talk? So, how do I talk so that she thinks I'm talking? How do I keep from saying the wrong thing? When do I get my time to decompress after a long day? There are very few things that
I became interested in the mystery of marriage after my parents divorced. After meeting and marrying Mrs. O, I became passionate about it. I don't want to be one of the 100,000 husbands who will divorce this year or next . . . or ever, but I don't get it all right. I'm convinced that there is always a 'best' way to solve our issues in a mutually satisfying way. I'm on a quest to find all of the 'best ways.' This blog came about as I was explaining to my bride some of my theory on being a husband. She said, "You have some good thoughts. You should write a blog." And the rest, as they say, is history...
In some small way, I hope my account of faith, life, and love will be encouraging to you. I hope it will spur you on to discover who you are. I hope you will dare to love people. I hope you will explore your faith, and the God who made you.
As Luke writes in chapter 1, verses 3 and 4, ". . . it seemed fitting for me as well . . . to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the certainty of those things in which you were instructed." I hope you will see God at work in these stories and that you will see him at work in your story as well.
