JohnnyBGamer

How many kids do you have?

Walking from small group to the worship service on Sunday, I bumped into a fellow church member. We somehow got onto the topic of kids.

“So how many kids do you have?”

“One.”

“One for now, huh?”

“Yeah. One for now. We’ve been trying for the past five years though.”

“Well, you could have a surprise later in life, like your mother and father-in-law did.”

I am learning to be honest during simple conversations like these. Not to garner sympathy or even empathy but in an attempt to talk about the path God has my wife and I on.

The feelings that infertility brings out feel selfish at times. Even gross. I’m learning to communicate those thoughts and feelings out loud. Even if only with my wife.

Staying silent is frustrating.

Staying silent kills.

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime – Down with the Giant

The boy and I battle Orion. Which took quite a few tries. But we were victorious in the end!

(Note: I’m the pilot. The boy shoots all the things.)

From Across the Net: “Don’t be THAT Christian Gamer! A video from Gamechurch.”

This is one of those videos where I appreciate the sentiment but not the execution.

Do you think that this video reinforces stereotypes that non-Christians have towards people of faith?

Did you watch the whole thing?

From Across the Net: “We Built A Desk And Survived”

Tim Baker, over at The Nerd Theist, wrote a post titled “We Built A Desk And Survived”. I love how he honestly captures the dad mindset when it comes to doing projects with your kids.

“Father and Son projects have always been interesting for us. Typically it ends with my temper flaring and him getting mad, distracted, or in tears.”

I stepped down as Community Manager of Theology Gaming a few weeks ago. After three years of cultivating conversation and community, I’m done. The mental background noise of what began to feel like a part time job has diminished. I am free. And yet, I miss the online community where I could throw ideas at the wall to see what stuck.

Right now, I find myself evaluating:

Where to go next.
What to do with my blog.
And on a deeper level, what it means to interact with others online. The internet is weird when it comes to relationships. Instant messaging brings about a false sense of freedom in conversation. You find yourself saying things that you’d never say in physical space. Even weirder, the internet lacks permanence. You can talk to people for years and then poof, they are gone. What does that mean? How are we supposed to react?

JohnnyBGamer has always been my space, online, to create and share. That won’t stop anytime soon.