general life

trump’s president and i’m shutting down my blog (no, really)

Posted on 01/24/2017

in response to ‘the atlantic’: five ways to be part of the solution to little rock’s segregation problem

Posted on 04/28/2016

what i’ve learned from a full year of slow carb

Posted on 01/07/2014

our little olive turns 5

Posted on 11/21/2013

confessions of a failed church planter: contrary spirits (3/3)

Posted on 09/20/2013

confessions of a failed church planter: bivocational martyrdom (2/3)

Posted on 09/19/2013

confessions of a failed church planter: money (1/3)

Posted on 09/18/2013

photoblogging: a look back at new york city

Posted on 09/12/2013

on the 12th street shooting: when a thing is more than the thing

Posted on 07/16/2013

turning the page: new website, new job, new start

Posted on 06/12/2013

a 4-year old olive

Posted on 11/21/2012

so, my kids are socialists: the story of a bad king and queen

Posted on 08/10/2012

how then should we respond to violence?: a few thoughts on the thayer street shootings

Posted on 05/22/2012

should little rock police officers live in little rock?

Posted on 04/12/2012

dr. neil degrasse tyson, ‘the tree of life’ and universal interconnectedness

Posted on 03/07/2012

burying the infant: in memory of rob toon

Posted on 02/13/2012

top 5 regrets of the dying: an invocation for 2012

Posted on 01/03/2012

3 years down: our little olive gets a little bigger

Posted on 11/21/2011

why are young christians leaving the church?

Posted on 10/06/2011

education animated: reflections on divergent thinking, ADHD & the victimization of the arts

Posted on 09/20/2011

how i learned to not laugh at the moms who cry on their child’s first day of kindergarten

Posted on 08/09/2011

my first infographic: eikon volunteer piece

Posted on 06/10/2011

a (first) birthday note to max

Posted on 06/08/2011

reflecting on hbo’s ‘how to die in oregon’

Posted on 05/31/2011

post-apocalypse now: songs for the end of the world

Posted on 05/20/2011

a birthday note to lucy

Posted on 05/18/2011

UPDATED :: pawn shop shimmy: how a local homeless couple experienced extraordinary act of kindness & mercy

Posted on 05/17/2011

thy will be gun: the gospel according to bill maher

Posted on 05/16/2011

should bill steal the medicine? pt. 2: lawrence kohlberg’s stages of moral development

Posted on 05/13/2011

FEEDBACK NEEDED: should bill steal the medicine?

Posted on 05/12/2011

blogging obama: re-election announcements & a brief blog history

Posted on 04/05/2011

one year later: in memory of rob toon

Posted on 02/13/2011

from venting to vulnerability: why me (and your pastor) might be telling the truth too much or too little

Posted on 01/24/2011

snowblogging: photos from snowpocalypse 2011

Posted on 01/11/2011

public schools vs. charter schools -OR- what you are vs. what you aren’t

Posted on 01/07/2011

in retrospect: 2010’s most read/talked about blog posts

Posted on 01/01/2011

help us throw a christmas party under the broadway bridge

Posted on 12/22/2010

ivy retardation: why our educational ladder leads to a dead end

Posted on 12/10/2010

righteous anger and walking a mile in the shoes of the other

Posted on 12/07/2010

bad apple: in response to the banned “anti-gay” app

Posted on 11/30/2010

from the babybyrds blog: it’s beginning to look a lot like christmas…so be jesus.

Posted on 11/23/2010

a 2-year old olive

Posted on 11/21/2010

THE RESULTS ARE IN!: the best pizza in little rock

Posted on 11/12/2010

VOTE NOW! who has the best pizza in little rock?

Posted on 11/08/2010

in response to hate: a few thoughts on clint mccance

Posted on 10/28/2010

the art of transformation: books or music?

Posted on 10/15/2010

photoblogging: a vacation retrospective

Posted on 09/24/2010

i’m 30! what now?

Posted on 09/22/2010

beach blogging: in memory of the mitch

Posted on 09/16/2010

life’s a beach: a new mix to help you escape

Posted on 09/15/2010

creepy jacky, trust issues and horse bbq: a few words from the babybyrds blog

Posted on 09/13/2010

meet kevin, the other max in my life -OR- a brief ryan byrd music history

Posted on 08/24/2010

the tweet heard ’round the world: a few words about segregation and educational options

Posted on 08/23/2010

beautiful noise: 6 songs to help you de-stress

Posted on 08/20/2010

some exciting new eikon church updates

Posted on 08/13/2010

long on diagnosis, short on cure: remembering rob with don chaffer

Posted on 07/22/2010

i’m rubber, you’re glue: letting go of the negative

Posted on 07/21/2010

counting sheep: one more thought about guns, fear and becoming a sheep

Posted on 07/16/2010

more sheepishness: a few thoughts about our culture of fear

Posted on 07/14/2010

one month down: new pictures of max

Posted on 07/07/2010

so i’m the dude who crashed little rock family’s mommy blogger story

Posted on 06/29/2010

what my neighborhood grocery store has taught me about stereotypes

Posted on 06/14/2010

of max and men: teaching a boy to be a man

Posted on 06/12/2010

the new baby byrd has arrived: first pictures of max

Posted on 06/09/2010

pre-max: a lucy and olive photo retrospective

Posted on 06/07/2010

baby watch 2010: lucy lu turns 3 and a free max mix

Posted on 05/18/2010

agreeing to disagree, pt. 2: principles of civil discourse from don miller

Posted on 05/05/2010

agreeing to disagree: exploring the limits of social engagement

Posted on 05/04/2010

information about rob’s memorial service

Posted on 02/19/2010

the good, the bad & the space between: in memory of rob toon

Posted on 02/13/2010

what your pastor will (likely) never say publicly or to you privately

Posted on 02/03/2010

a final farewell from Fat Ryan -OR- my plan to lose the equivalent of a 10-yr old

Posted on 01/23/2010

7 big ideas for little rock

Posted on 01/09/2010

pulaski academy, marching bands & the new racism

Posted on 11/13/2009

from mcsweeney’s: an open letter to the guy at my gym who screams when he lifts weights.

Posted on 11/09/2009

great quote

Posted on 11/09/2008

little rock: come here and you will die

Posted on 10/21/2008

procrastination…

Posted on 10/15/2008

a generous paradoxy: peace through weakness

Posted on 09/07/2008

3 years later: hurricane katrina

Posted on 08/29/2008

5 years

Posted on 08/17/2008

like a mini horse in a china shop…

Posted on 08/15/2008

screw it: the story of a man, an elevator and a burkha

Posted on 08/14/2008

lucy lu

Posted on 06/27/2008

smoke in the air

Posted on 06/15/2008

parking deck

Posted on 06/11/2008