Thy Grace is Sufficient

"It wasn't his life goal to be known as a hero, but it has been his life goal to have a close, loving relationship with his daughte...

We received a last minute invite Saturday night to the Hollywood Bowl. Boy, are we glad we said yes, and never have I been more surprised a...

" Spend your life inside a box looking through stained glass Dream about a better day and hope it finds you fast" Lately, I have b...

I agree with this!

This is a song I heard tonight that I love. With Older Daughter off to college, I am musing poetic, and this song says it quite well for me....

It seems as if in the first moment, I was holding a wet, wiggling baby girl in my arms. How in the world was I going to handle the challen...

This is one of the better time lapse series I have seen of the Station Fire above La Canada. This is exactly what we have been seeing over ...

Its like something in the back of your mind, all the time. The past several days have had an ominous mood around our area. There is a new ...

Recession have you down? Feeling the blues? I think I might be feeling some of those things. After a wonderful late summer break with the ...

Thanks to Uncle Dave for this wonderful video:

Everyone has heard of the rule of Six Degrees of Separation. As it turns out, I am only two degrees separated from Julia Child! I find this...

Amid the great quiet, there is a soft, rhythmic sound here. Always there, off in the distance, not too far away. It’s the gentle lapp...

Today is a pretty good day. I have, 1) caught up on lost sleep, after flying all night via O'Hare with my spiffy new (and expensive!) o...

Yesterday was a banner day. I found that my passport had expired on the eve of our family vacation! And so, I am picking up my "exped...

Today was the much-awaited Presidential beer fest at the White House. Beer me too....

Maybe it's about time we people who purport to follow Jesus just admit that we are not: Invincible Smarter Less likely to completely fou...

Here is something I have been thinking about. In so many ways, we evangelical Christians have adopted the culture of the rest of America in ...

Forty years ago yesterday, man first set foot on the Moon. Yesterday, I sat in my office and listened to a 40-year old live stream of the A...

Almost exactly 40 years ago today, I sat with my parents and watched Walter Cronkite narrate the landing of Apollo 11. This man was a journa...

This next week, our house will be just a bit more quiet, because my wife will be gone. We will be a bit (ok, a LOT) more disorganized aroun...

Warning. Do not leave me alone with an underwater camera. Nancy and Kelly took off this morning for college orientation at DePaul in Chicag...

John Adams wrote to his wife, with a prediction, soon after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, in July of 1776: "The Secon...

A Summer Evening It was a warm summer evening last Sunday, and we spent it with good friends, enjoying, listening, and for me, remembering t...