Life.

So Leavers have existed much the same throughout history regardless of what continent or century they have inhabited. It's simple, really. Leave the big decisions to the gods, or God, and just live. Pretty straightforward.

Well, today I met Adria Marie King. She is the new King in town and already has more than one fella wrapped around her little finger. I got to hang out with her tonight. I have even been assigned a role in her life without her having the slightest clue who I am. I was assigned "That" role. I'll leave it to you to figure out, but it doesn't necessarily have to do with poo...

Anyways, back to my blob of a point. Life is so cool! Real Life! True Life! It is something that has its origin wholly apart from us. Adria is not the source of her own very young life. The Baby Momma and Baby Daddy are not even the Source of her little Life. I am not the SouRCe of my lIFe! Notice the odd capitalization; it is purposely done. I recently had some of my classes discuss the role and importance of Man from an ecological perspective and the thoughts we shared were intriguing indeed. We decided that in the grand scheme of our planet's ecology Man is no more important than deer or wolf or paramecium or pine tree. We all have this world as our common home. It does not belong to Man any more than it belongs to a dung beetle. And we all have Life that has been granted to us from the Source. No created thing is its own source and cannot claim responsibility for its Life.

My scholastic background is science, chemistry in particular. Lately, I've been wrestling with an enigma I had previously excused myself from understanding. I had a conversation last night and again today about the great debates between science and religion. I've never been fully satisfied with either side's arguments. Now, to be quite transparent, I am more than just slightly prideful when it comes to the life of my mind. However, I am much the realist when I take serious consideration of my many abilities; I am a novice at both science and religion; faith and reason; logic and emotion; mysticism and theology. You get the point.

I will not consider these matters in blog form at the current time because this post is about the celebration of the newest Life among my friend*family. Adria is here! Issues concerning covenant theology, evolution, creationism, and synthetic motor oils will be discussed in due time.

Adria Marie! Man, I'm gonna be in trouble if God ever entrusts a little Life to my little hands :)