Thy Grace is Sufficient

Alright. I have to admit something here. Take away my Good Christian Who Never Says Critical Things Sunday School Attendance Badge, but Jame...

More today on the "Genu Valgum Kid" (pictured at left) - lessons my daughter has taught me in character. Yesterday we left off wit...

This journey of life is mysterious, hard, and delightful, all at once. As I have mentioned, 0ver the past month I have spent a considerable ...

About once every couple of years, I come across a book that resonates with my soul. This is the book, and the author is pictured at right. ...

While driving to work today, my usual calm ride was interrupted by the images of hungry children in Niger. I listened to this (go ahead and...

As we travel through this life, there are a few people who make real impressions on our lives. These are the souls who leave an imprint on u...

Short post today. I agree with Mark Brewer's concept of the " Stupid Tree ". I am often ashamed at the mindless behavior of th...

Last night we had our dear friends, Mike and Nancy Litteken over for dinner. The kids splashed in the pool, the dad's cannon-balled the ...

This bottom photo was taken yesterday, during a space walk on the current Shuttle Mission. Can a job get any cooler than this? I think not!...

As I have mentioned here , my perspective on life has been altered significantly in the past weeks by the declining health of my parents. Th...

To answer avid reader Tod Bolsinger , this was a long weekend. On Saturday, my daughter Heather and I headed to Riverside for the 11 year ol...

Tonight I find myself in Riverside, California, 70 miles from home. We are watching a softball game, in which my 11 year old daughter and he...

The Body of Christ. Young and old, rich and poor, strong and weak, confident and fearful. The Scriptures call us to unity, to a life togethe...

You know how you get those emails at the office that are sort of annoying; like the "pass this on or you will be hit by a bus", or...

About 12 years ago, I had the privilege of watching a shuttle launch at Kennedy Space Center. I will never, ever, forget it. We were standin...

Have you ever been here: Santa Barbara, California, is, in my feeble mind, just about as close to Heaven on earth as one can get. Nancy and ...

I just sat down to check blogs, and spotted this on Fox News. The Benton sisters, injured in the London bombings, spoke to the media today ,...

For me, the photo at the right is hysterical. The dapper dancing fellow is Jack Roberts, four year old son of Supreme Court nominee John Rob...

Last night, my daughter Heather and I (pictured at left) drove together to the airport to pick up our dear friend and house guest Jill. I lo...

President Bush's nomination of John Roberts indicates that the Senate Judiciary committee will be having a partisan free-for-all in the ...

Tonight, my wife and I finished watching this , which we had recorded several weeks ago from PBS. It is amazing. Really. Buy the DVD, you wi...

The past several days have been odd ones for me. As I have noted here , my elderly parents have recently required a greater amount of my tim...

I feel vindicated by the Wall Street Journal. For those of you wondering how I do it, this article illustrates is why I am a more humble an...

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...