A Little Small Talk.

Ben and Jacqueline

I’m Ben. My wife’s name is Jacqueline, and her friends call her Jacq. We both work in tech, remotely from our shared home office.

I’m the Director Of Customer Service and Support for several brands in the WordPress Space over at StellarWP.com, and Jacqueline is the Operations Manager for WPSessions.

We also have a few side hustles – WP Steward, Greenwood DJ, and Jacqueline’s blog on living life with T1 Diabetes, Sweetly Diabetic.

We’re parents of three boys, and you can likely find us chasing one of them to some sporting event these days. This site is where we like to verbally process life. If you dig back far enough here, you’ll find articles written from our time on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ, and various other stages of life.

Thanks for stopping by and checking us out. We’re glad you’re here.

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November 26, 2024November 26, 2024

How to Buy a She-Shed (and Lose Your Sanity) in 48 Hours

I’m writing this one down so that we can enjoy it for years to come. It all started where epic tales do: Facebook Marketplace. First, some background: Jacqueline and I have been sharing a home office since 2021, and it’s worked fairly well. We’ve had a good run, and with her client roster expanding it’s …

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August 2, 2024August 3, 2024

Eminem, Henry, the Apostle Paul, and Me

This is a modified-for-a-blog-post version of a talk I gave at my kid’s high school FCA meeting this morning. Three quick stories, if I may. Before we get into it, to address two pressing points: First, YES, this is another instance of some 40-something white guy insisting that Eminem is the best rapper alive, and …

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June 17, 2024June 17, 2024

How We Pray on Father’s Day, and Other True Jokes.

Early on in my days as a Father, I started to notice something, and continue to find really funny: namely that there’s a difference in how churches treat parents on their special days of honor. Here’s a slightly dramatized version to highlight the difference: Mother’s Day prayer: “O Lord we thank you for the perfection …

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