Thy Grace is Sufficient

The IDE Foot Pump (flowers not included) First off, sorry for the huge paragraphs and mega font....Blogger is misbehaving today.... Here in ...

As a commercial real estate consultant, the new Google Earth is amazing beyond comprehension. This software will take you anywhere you want...

From the words of Henri Nouwen : "When Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to his disciples, he summarized in these ge...

My father, Roland, who you will learn about more in the weeks and months to come, is 85 years old, and served in the 5th Air Force during W...

This is too good to avoid sharing, with images like these. (HT to Hugh Hewitt) Interesting how that website makes me think about this . A...

Today was not an easy day. Unfortunately, now July 7th will have a similar, although possibly different meaning to the people of London that...

Over the past several weeks, there has been much fomenting in the Blogosphere regarding the One Campaign, the G8 Conference, and Live8. Not ...

On this day after the 4th, we all need to remember the quality of character of the men and women who protect our freedom and work to bring f...

Today is the 4th of July. I our town we have a "Festival of Balloons" Parade, which is an event that involves a whole lot more peo...

Over the past several days, my friends Rob Asghar and Tod Bolsinger have been discussing the same thing, on different yet parallel tracks....

We just need a good therapist I have been very busy with work and family things this week, but two of my good friends have started in on fur...

For the past couple of days I have been blogging on the rather narrow topic of what I think is wrong with the church I have attended for a ...

Gosh, how could this church have any problems? As I noted recently, the greatest tragedy in the sad church split that I have been discussin...

This week, I came across a haunting article in the Wall Street Journal about the self storage industry. It seems that "whatever the str...

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...

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