Thy Grace is Sufficient

The Eye of the Storm For the last two posts I have been discussing errors in the media, and more specifically, errors found in this article ...

Laundry out to dry As I noted below, the dirty laundry of our church is now out for everyone to see. The problem is that only a few pieces o...

In Journalism, sometimes it helps to have lots of erasers As some of you may know, our family has spent nearly the last year struggling with...

What should we do?... Last Friday I read a piece in the Wall Street Journal that is worth a look by us all. Although the Journal requires a...

Promotion time - life is moving on.... I could weep. But not from sadness, or tragedy, or loneliness, or sorrow. My life is full, and busy, ...

Whole lotta shaken goin' on Baby! Check this out: TO - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS IN ALASKA/BRITISH COLUMBIA/WASH...

Thanks to my friend Tim Thompson in Canada, I have now found out that I am: 68% Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan 64% Emergent Post Modern 54% ...

We love ya, Howard! One must now ask what in the world the Democratic National Committee was thinking about when they named Howard Dean as C...

Congrats Fuller Grads! There are some moments in life that seem dry and painful, almost void of God's presence. Sometimes the days go by...

Church Plant in Nothing! Alright. This post really spins my beanie, especially after all the church poop we have experienced over the past ...

Let's at least, do something. Over the past several days, I have been reading and thinking about The One Campaign , as well as hearing a...

Homework I received this in an email today: Remember the book "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"? Here's a prime exampl...

In memory of Julie Those of you who have been with me the last several months have followed the journey Home of Julie Silvestri, our dear fr...

Doh! In a move filled with the grace and charm of a pregnant wildebeest, last night I spilled a half glass of white wine into the keyboard o...

Like a skin Think of the things we use to describe motivation in our culture. Purpose. Type A. Motivated. Driven. A "real go-getter...

Sign me up too.... Speaking of having purpose in life, this seems like a no brainer. Hat tip to Tod Bolsinger. While sometimes I don't ...

Nelson Acosta - Humble Hero I just googled "What is the purpose of life?", and the first seven or so results all pointed to....Gue...

Look, the Perfect Pastor! This is something that all of us lay churchgoers should read, in order to understand better the task of our pasto...

Memorial Day 2005 Today we had several families over to enjoy a warm spring afternoon in the pool. We barbecued some steaks and shrimp, and ...

My new car....NOT! We live on the street where all three " Back to the Futures " were filmed. No kidding. Biff's house is abou...

Joe Ehrmann What would it be like to have a high school athletic team where the stated purpose of the coaches is "to love the players...

Right! Way to go mates! Back in the late 1970s (ouch!) when I attended UCLA, we had a silly ritual before the basketball games. Remember, th...

A World Full of Contrasts - Ryan Spencer Reed Today the sun was warm. Our family headed to church, where things are beginning to look more h...

Pool time again! In a fit of poor stewardship, I have purchased an underwater housing for my digital camera, with the early results posted a...

The Sylvestri Family

For those who regularly stop by here, you know that recently our dear friend Julie went Home, after succuming to cancer at age 36. She has b...

Young Life Shaving Clinic - Personal hygiene is Important! Yesterday, I had lunch with two fellow members of my local Young Life Committee....

You really spin my beanie! For those who doubt the focus and maturity of America's graduating class of 2005... I direct you to this (wa...

Come to Church, you Girlie Man! After my experience of Sunday (see post below) I have found real world evidence that church fighting is actu...

Are you the "brain specialist"...? Sorry! No posts for a couple of days. As a partial explanation, I offer this old bit from Monty...

Polarized Opinions (sorry no Ackroyd pictures!) Surely everyone older than 40 remembers the Old Saturday Night Live Weekend Update. And they...

Soul Searching Do you know anyone involved in youth ministry? Youth Director, Jr. High Leader, Senior High, College? Perhaps even a youth vo...

Farewell, for now, Julie Today's news: United Air Wins Court Battle Over Pension Plans Rumsfield Seeks Leaner Army China Rules Out Sanct...

A fitting poem, for Mother's Day: The Lanyard Billy Collins The other day I was ricocheting slowly off the blue walls of this room, movi...

Our only hope Sometimes, it helps to have a sense of perspective. Last night, the chapel of our church was filled with more than 100 people,...

The Long and Winding Road As some might have surmised by my somewhat not so vague posts over the course of the last couple of months, during...

Bible in one hand and newspaper in the other The great reformed preacher Karl Barth once said that sermons should be written with the Bible...