Thy Grace is Sufficient

The text below is taken from Pope Benedict's Christmas Message , given earlier today in Vatican Square: Dear brothers and sisters, today...

I am not big on most contemporary Christian music. Perhaps its because I feel following Jesus is much more beautiful, troublesome, ridiculo...

Merry Christmas 2008 to all from the Norris Clan! With two teenage girls, this has been a year full of life in our home, and as is our...

His name was Jdimytai Damour. He worked security at a Wal Mart on Long Island. He was 34, and now, he is dead, because, well, we need to h...

This never gets old for me:

The other day I found this touching piece, by composer Morten Lauridsen . O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum , ut animalia vi...

I have written before about my friend Tony . I came across the video below several days ago. As it turns out, Tony translated the lyrics ...

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...