Thy Grace is Sufficient

September Again And so, we have come back around to September again. There have been 52 of them for me thus far, 19 for Oldest Daughter, ...

This summer was different for our family. We didn't go anywhere.  And that was just fine for us. In the past five years I have been k...

Whack A Mole for Jesus Recently, I have been reflecting that there may be a big difference between "Human Doings" and Human Bei...

My half-brother, a former US Air Force pilot, sent me the link to this video today.  Quite touching, and worthy of sharing with others.

The Team Its been a bit more than two weeks for Younger Daughter and team members on their mission trip to Albania.  They are flying home...

Sometimes, the words just speak for themselves:                 When You Are Old     W HEN you are old and gray and full of sleep, ...

She could have spent a week at the beach. Or at a spa, or shopping, or laying in the sun. But my wife chose to do this for a week.  I admir...

A week ago we put Younger Daughter on a plane to Albania, via London.  After 7 days we have a wonderful update from a remarkable girl.  Ok, ...

A friend just sent me this video.  Now I am a complete mess.  This is beautiful.  Simply beautiful. (And now, in November 2012, as this song...

This afternoon, we put younger daughter on a plane ( ok , really a church van, that was going to the airport) to that wonderland of eastern ...

Tomorrow will be the 4th of July.  BBQs with friends, flags and bunting, a parade down Main Street.  Bikes festooned with red, white, and b...

Up The Hill A couple of weeks ago, Younger Daughter and I took a short car trip up a hill.  No big deal, but farther and deeper than I thou...

Last night, in the seventh inning of the Dodger game, longtime broadcaster Vin Scully informed the crowd via the scoreboard video screen...

You will need 10:48 to rethink the role of leadership and incentives in business, the church, and non-profits. Its worth the time, and ente...

Friday night at 5 PM we got a call from friends who suddenly had happened upon 18 EXTRA tickets to see the Troubadour Reunion Tour of James ...

This parody is another reason I feeling increasing sad about American Evangelical culture. "Sunday's Coming" Movie Trailer ...

Over the course of the past several years, I often find myself reflecting on this journey in life thus far.  How did I get here, to this p...

This video of the effect of the volcano in Iceland on air traffic is amazing. Wait until the end, to see the effect of London coming back o...

This pastor is a complete fool, pandering to the culture in the most shallow way possible.  So are the Shiny News Persons interviewing him. ...

Recently, this fellow asked me my thoughts about this passage from the book of John.  And so, this is what I replied, in an email today: ...

Somewhere, high over the Nebraska corn fields, the ride home got rough. And when it did, a teenage girl hand next to me tightly wrapped itse...

When I was 11 years old, I had a paper route. It started near my house, and continued down Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia, right across the stre...

When you get things for free, for years, why not promote the latest thing they offer you. I must admit, I love Blogger after this latest c...

My, what a difference 12 years can make. A voyage of a couple hundred miles can feel like decades. This past Saturday, Nancy, Heather and I...

My friend Alan Roxburg has an interesting take on the spirit of the Olympics, and how we need to move forward as communities of faith. I lik...

Recently, several good friends asked me to write down my thoughts about our church. They asked me this because, over the past 10 years, I ha...

When I hear that trumpet sound I will lay my burdens down I will lay them deep into the ground Then I'll know that I am glory bound I...

And so it is Lent again. A time of waiting, and preparation, and, if we allow time - for introspection. This past Wednesday was the first d...

Recently, and for the first time, I heard a friend speak the Latin words Deus semper minor . The literal translation of this is "God ...