Other than NPR in the mornings I don’t really follow the news. I never have. My RSS reader is subscribed to mostly religious blogs and Apple blogs. I have got to start reading the news. So beyond the two obvious ones (BBC & CNN) what do you guys suggest?
While we’re at it - what are […]

The funeral was yesterday. Over 200 people came to celebrate, laugh and cry with us as we shared stories and values about my grandmother, Josephine.
Her mom died giving birth when Josephine was 11 and her father left them during the great depression. At age 15 my grandmother had to take care of her whole family. […]

I very rarely have to deal with stress, but this past week has been an exception:
1) My wife and I painted our house. I spent 45-some-odd hours over the weekend on an extension ladder holding a power washer or a paint sprayer, and boy are my arms tired.
2) I have been prepping for the […]

C.S. Lewis has invaded my computer. You could call it Mere Nerdery. It all started when I got my 12″ PowerBook two years ago and named it Reepicheep.

Now, even my peripherals are named from an element within his books. My backup hard drive is dubbed “The Wardrobe” my iPod is “Turkish Delight” and my little […]

When I graduated High-School I spent all my graduation money on two things: A new Dell laptop (yes, I used to be a PC evangelist), and an extremly loud sound system for my car. This sound system was a-mazing. And I particularly loved it when spring came because I could roll down the windows and […]

We are in a pillar moment of history. The church across the globe has been given an invitation to enter into an internal expression and external understanding of Christianity unlike any other. But at the moment abortion, pornography, bitterness are rampant in the church - especially in America. How can we step into our calling […]

A few weeks ago ChriS asked me what a day in my life looks like. Well, each day is a little bit different and I’m a little too precise to lump them all together into one ‘average’ day. So what I did was leave ecto open all day and keep a running log of things […]

I got a stack of these in my mailbox today, and they are not shabby at all. If you would like me to design your card contact me.

Just because you get some favor in real life doesn’t always mean you are being brought closer to God’s heart. Similarly, ‘demotion’ in real life doesn’t always mean a demotion in God. In fact the up’s and down’s of life are not always valid indicators of your life in God.