Mr. Locke’s Classroom

[6:30am in Austin, Tx. over Thanksgiving holiday] Grady: [crying loudly from his makeshift room] Mommy!!! Daddy!!! Daddy: [stumbling half-awake into Grady's room] It’s not time to wake up yet, Grady. Grady: Yes, it IS time to wake up! Daddy: Ugggh! No wonder — Your diaper is soaking wet. Grady: No, Daddy. My diaper is NOT [...]

We no longer have a fireplace. It’s now a stage. Wait for the grand finale…

The Sunday school class I teach each week is a curious, entertaining, and often enlightening affair, for me as well as (hopefully) for the seven or eight mostly middle school students who attend it on a regular basis. Long ago, I abandoned “curriculum” or even planned lessons in favor of an open, rambling, tangential discussion [...]

This is an excerpt from my admissions application to Princeton Seminary: Many Christians despair over the church’s loss of the “favored status” it once occupied in Western culture. Many seem to be engaged in a desperate attempt to turn back the clock. I am concerned that both approaches leave us in a reactionary position that [...]

This is my first attempt at a YouTube video: Grady J. Walker and Grady J. Locke at GW’s house in Tulsa, Oklahoma. GL woke up the morning after this video, and promptly informed us, “I like Grady Walker.”

It went something like this: Texas–> Arkansas–> Tennessee–> [Visit the Jeff, Ami, & Kiran]–> Virginia–>Maryland–> West Virginia–> Pennsylvania–> New Jersey–> [Visit Princeton Seminary]–> Pennsylvania–> Ohio–> Indiana–> Illinois–> Missouri–> Oklahoma–> [Visit Grady Walker]–> Texas. Whew! There’s something to be said for airplanes, after all. If only we could have afforded one. It’s good to be home, [...]

Coming on the heels of the last post, it probably sounds a bit crazy to say that I’m applying for admission to Seminary, and intend to pursue ordination as a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church. It is certainly that, at the very least. Last week, Amy, Grady, and I packed up [...]