The Boilerman

I'm boilerman on a 19th century steam train. I'm shoveling coal as fast as I can into the boiler, trying to get the flames red hot in order to produce more steam. The wheels are spinning as fast as they can, and I'm barreling down the tracks. If I look out the window, I'll see …

The (Biggest) Littlest Altar Boy

One of my son's favorite books to have read at bedtime is a book called The Littlest Altar Boy by Jenny Oehlman. It's a wonderful and unique children's book that shows how an altar boy serves behind the altar. It is simple and yet personal. The main character, the littlest altar boy, doesn't have robes …

Time for an Update

It's been over four months since my last blog post and to say that things have changed, would be an understatement. I thought on an almost daily basis "I really need to make a post today." But something would always come up. There has been plenty of major events that have popped up and even …

Making change happen

I've been trying to write this post for the last few days. However, I haven't had the right words. I want to start by talking about my name. Not Ian, but Orthodox Trucker. I chose the name Orthodox Trucker not just because I'm a truck driver and an orthodox christian. I chose it because it's …

Winter Driving

It's the middle of February and winter has finally hit the Pacific Northwest. A massive winter storm has come in at full force bringing heavy snow, strong winds, and freezing rains. It's been enough to keep me at home. I certainly don't want to be driving in these kind of conditions. These conditions make driving …

Here I Am Lord, is it I Lord?

Last week the financial markets were overrun with volatility as GameStop stock shot up and then crashed. I talked about this in my last post sticks stones and stocks. I bemoaned the fact that I didn't get in and make a ton of money while I had the chance. And then of course that hot …

Sticks, Stones, Stocks

Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me. That's the statement we all grew up with right? We're told that the words we say and the words we hear are just that, words. And that they can't simply hurt us unlike sticks that are hit upon us or stones thrown …

Time Travel

Some of my favorite television shows and movies involve time travel. Whether it be Doc Brown and his shiny Delorean in Back to The Future, or The Doctor in his flying blue TARDIS... Time travel has always been a plot point that fascinates me. Captain Kirk used time travel to bring a pair of humpback …

Back on keto

A few months ago I started the journey on the ketogenic diet. I lasted approximately six weeks on the diet and lost just over 20 lbs.   Life got in the way however with the marriage problems my wife and I were experiencing, our subsequent resolution to live within Christ and within ourselves, the holidays and …

Spinning your wheels

Sometimes my brain can get so worked up over all of the discombobulated disjointed thoughts inside my head, that it feels like my mind is running at nearly a thousand miles an hour. I can get so worked up over the irritating introspections of my life , and when I need an answer to those …