Thy Grace is Sufficient

My good friend KC found this video on the web the other day. "In the Bleak Midwinter" is one of my favorite Christmas choral pi...

From the Los Angeles Times today: One day after an F/A-18D Hornet fighter jet fell from the sky and crashed into his two-story house in San ...

What else would make perfectly normal college people and grown-ups wear metal bowls on their heads, associate with a poorly dressed Santa im...

For those of you unfamiliar with the inner workings of the Presbyterian Church, I have secured video footage of a "Session" (churc...

Suddenly, and seemingly without warning, it is upon us, whether we are ready or not. I am not. It is Advent. To me, this means so many thi...

At left, Scott & Kathy Erdman, myself, and Jance Erdman, circa 1964. I moved in across the street from the Erdman family when I was just...

This past weekend, Nancy & I ditched civilization and went here. Yosemite. We were here to celebrate 20 years of marriage, marked offi...

Lately, there are these ideas drifting in and out of my head. These thoughts have been there now for some time, wandering in and out of my d...

Today is Veteran's Day. My Dad was a veteran, and I am forever thankful. Deeply thankful. This morning on NPR I heard THIS . It is si...

For anyone with teenage girls, this is wonderful.

We have a new President. I did not vote for him, but I will be praying Mr. Obama and his family. Perhaps this is an era of new hope, I hop...

Listen to this guy:

I am in Boston this weekend for a conference. While here, we were presented with a short video that explains, rather completely, what has b...

Almost two years ago, our then just 13 year old sat at our dinner table one early spring night and told us that she was "done" wit...

The Problem I don't know about you, but I am just about fed up with this election. Recently, I wrote a note to a friend via Facebook and...

We interrupt the financial crisis to think about something of great importance. A different kind of Christmas . Only 70 more days to think a...

Kyrie eleison! Lord, have mercy upon us! Christe eleison! Christ have mercy upon us! These are the opening words to "Missa Solemnis...

Here is something from, again, the Wall Street Journal, that is very worthy of consideration:

From Peggy Noonan, in today's Wall Street Journal: Here is the truth, spoken by the increasingly impressive Sen. Tom Coburn: "The r...

I had a good friend call me last week, and leave me a voice mail. His question was "Whats it all worth, man!?" This has been an a...

Today something remarkable dawned upon me. More than 24 years ago this summer, I spent time in Eastern Europe , on a mission to serve the pe...

You know how you are when you are in college; idealistic, hopeful, a dreamer. You actually believe that you can change anything in the worl...

Can it all really fit into a box? Go ahead, imagine putting your professional life in a box. Over the past several days thousands of faithfu...

Reflect . Rebuild .

And they say there is no good sacred music anymore. Friends, I give you "Sonseed": My favorite lyrics: "He is like a Mountie,...

Tomorrow, the worlds largest atom collider powers up for the first time. In the best case the Large Hadron Colliders' ALICE experiment...

Sometimes, God presents you with these little moments. Glimpses of grace and reflection. The feeling that, if maybe for a few moments you ...

I am a Presbyterian. However, after viewing this, I am considering switching to the Methodist Church. Talk about cutting edge...... Based on...

I don't like the booing.....but he does have a point.

I found this web site today. It is wonderful, and haunting. It made me remember the loss of my own Dad, less than a year ago. Even though...

For two weeks, every night, the world was transfixed by mostly ordinary people doing completely extraordinary things. For me, the Olympis is...

For a couple of months now, I have been meaning to write a bit about my memories of growing up. I have never done this before. Blogging is...

This is my favorite moment of the DNC. The sound cut-out is not a conspiracy, you did not miss much of substance. Donald Miller got it ri...

You have to love the Brits:

Tonight was cool on the back porch. I arrived home from work about 7 PM, to smell steak barbecuing in the back yard, the minute I got out o...

For the past two weeks, our house has been much more quiet. No urban hip-hop thumpa-thump has been heard from the Ipod speaker device in on...

Is your church searching for a new pastor? You need look no further. I give you Kanon Tipton:

So far, this is my favorite Olympic moment. A come from behind win in the 4x100 race, after the challenging French team trash-talked the US....

It has been 14 days since we got home, and as we have "re-entered" life here, I have not had much time to add to the blog. Plus,...

I was last in this spot 26 years ago, in 1982. That was the last time I flew west, home to America, after spending a number of weeks in ...

Its our last day in the UK. Today we visited Windsor Castle, and for us all, this one of our favorite stops. The sense of history and majes...

Tonight was our last night in Paris. As a mini-celebration and farewell, we headed to the Champ De Mars , where Napoleon once marched his ...

It has been a busy two days here in Paris. Wonderful weather, and warm! Yesterday morning, in a bow to teenage lethargy and weariness, Nancy...