McMahon Life

Archives: August2009

• Building Community: Casual Encounters

  “Hey Brian?”
  “Yes, Cassandra?”
  “Last year Kevin hit me.”
  “Did it happen today?”
  “No.”
  “Then Cassandra, if it didn’t happen just now you don’t need to tell me about it!”
  That’s a pretty standard conversation with Cassandra, a self-proclaimed “little girl” (usually to the end that she solicits my help building LEGO structures that she could very readily make herself), and [...]

• What does it mean to live in community?

   love the smell of my house after a long absence.  You know the smell?  And the feeling that hits you right when you walk in the door whispering home sweet home, welcome back!  You know it?  That was waiting for Michelle and I as we returned to our beloved Bluffs from two weeks (me) and [...]

• What’s So Great About Love?

  It may be the cheesy romantic comedy I just watched with Michelle, or it may be watching a father teach his son to walk on the sidewalk outside my house, or hearing Cindy talk about her chosen lifestyle of fostering children, but there seems something so incredible about love, about choosing to love, about being [...]