Thy Grace is Sufficient

Forrest Gump's Mama was right when she told him, "Stupid is as stupid does, Forrest". Forrest listened to his Mama. The photo ...

Help! There is too much going on. It seems like there are few moments to rest, to reflect, to pause, let alone blog. And so, here is a brie...

In our home, we have the unmitigated joy, and sometime near complete craziness of living with two daughters, one age 12 and the other 15. C...

Life is seemingly unfair at times. Such a time occurred several weeks ago, when a good, kind, young man died of cancer, leaving behind a swe...

Saturday was the Commencement ceremony for the 2006 class of Fuller Seminary in Pasadena. I have a growing affection for all things Fuller,...

Several times over the past year or so, I have relayed to you the struggle of my church. I use the possessive pronoun here, as it feels like...

Several weeks ago, I had a wonderful lunch, with my new friend Doug McConnell . Through a mutual friend, we got together, and now I will be...

My wife and I are taking a two-day midweek break, as I need to be in Palm Desert for an educational seminar for my work. We are staying at a...

Warning.... We are having friends over tomorrow for a Memorial Day party. This photo is of last year's party. This year we are going to ...

This is Wilfred Owen (1893-1918). He is known as a poet of World War I, and he died at the end of this terrible war. He was raised in an Ang...

Disclaimer before I begin. White guys have really bad fashion sense. See here . Over the past year or so, I have noticed a new fashion trend...

What is wrong with us? I live in Southern California, a place where just about everything looks like it was built within the last 15 minutes...

This essay .....is largely descriptive of one of the ways God has been slowly changing my heart, over the past 26 years, since I came to kno...

Last week, in the dead of night, at the senior home where my Mom and Dad now live , Mom took a fall. She landed on the hip that she broke ab...

Its Mother's Day. I am thankful today for two women, my mom - who is 85 years old and recovering from a fall earlier this week, but with...

The email messages have been pouring in from those of you concerned about the pastor search process at our church. We had a momentary set ba...

This afternoon I called my old buddy, Neal . Neal used to have a job in the real world. He also used to be a regular church-going layperson ...

Tell me something. When you woke up this morning, did you roll over, look out the window and start thinking about what day it was, what you ...

You never know what to expect, living in LA. Today, a man from here came by our house, looking for a location to shoot a "family frien...

This is the view of our front porch just now. So normal. So American. It was a brilliantly sunny afternoon, after almost a week of rather ty...

Earlier this month, our family had the unique opportunity to spend time in New Orleans. We did a bit of helping, a lot of eating, and spen...

Lets Go Bowling Together for Jesus The gentleman to the left is Dietrich Bonhoeffer . For Some Odd Reason, I have been asked to help lead a ...

I have returned from my adventure in Alaska. While the work reasons I was there are more mundane, some of the things I learned and sights I ...

In an effort to revive my pathetic blog hit statitistics, I have decided to travel the world in order to bring you pithy and thoughtful obse...

Just a moment for a commercial, before I continue on with a review of our New Orleans family trip. Wednesday night was a tough one for me. I...

I have a secret to share. Sometimes, in the midst of my middle-aged life, I actually yearn to become completely irresponsible, to run away f...

Last Wednesday There are many words that describe New Orleans today. The first word that comes to mind is broken . Seven months post Katrina...

Tuesday was another day spent with further cleaning and polishing the sanctuary of Canal Street church. This was a special privilege, as thi...

Monday Afternoon The condition of Canal Street Church , seven months after Katrina still leaves much to be desired, and yet, much has been a...

It has been a very busy week. Piling, cleaning, sawing, nailing, sweeping, vacuuming (sort of...using a defective vacuum), listening, explor...

Greetings from the Crescent City. The Home of Jazz. New Orleans. (for enlargements of any photo, merely click on the photo) A city of contra...

Its Spring Break week next week for the kids. About a month ago, my wife and I began a discussion with our girls, now 12 and 15, about what ...