Well, summer is pretty much here by now. The weather has been great lately - sunny with cool breezes. Lots of big blockbusters on the lineup. Shorts and flips are in full effect. And with all I could be doing this weekend ranging from lounging by a pool, to recording, to riding my bike, to throwing a frisbee, instead, I'm painting my house. No ( Read more... )

So tonight was supposed to be our regular guy's small group but, alas, nobody came......except for Scott. I still had a couple different Bibles, research materials, laptop etc all strewn about on the table as I had been trying to prepare last minute. Yes, the usual for me it seems ( Read more... )

Growing older is so strange. The more I see, the more I experience, the more I realize how little I truly do know. The more that I think I know, the less I truly understand. All of this is of course magnified to the n-th degree when it comes to God. The more I grow spiritually, the more I understand of Scripture, the more I realize I still ( Read more... )

Last week when I heard about the tragic court house shootings in Atlanta I was greatly troubled. Saddened, of course. Disturbed would even be appropriate. How viscious and gruesome of an attack, and, no less, in the very place where justice is to be administered. My mind raced with thoughts and questions. The loudest question of all ringing ( Read more... )

I didn't want to get up this morning. However, this was not my usual grogginess-hitting-the-snooze-bar-for-the-87th-time routine I so often find myself in. This was an altogether different feeling brought on by recent events of which I won't expound on at this time. I didn't want to move really. I was also annoyed, mainly at the irony of life ( Read more... )

So near my house -- well about a mile away or so -- there is a dead beaver. He's right there on the edge of the road. He's on my daily drive into work. And, of course, on my way home from work too. That would only make sense. Every day I go by him I near press my nose to the glass trying to get a better look ( Read more... )

Ouch. My head hurts quite alot right now. Mostly there is the incessant, dull pounding -- not unlike a marching band bass drum -- throbbing within my head. Oh, poor head. The cause of this seemingly unending pain is that of the common cold. It appears misfortune was my middle name this week as I have not been able to fight off the cold since ( Read more... )

Well so I guess it's time for an update of some sort. I would like to post something other than the "here's what I've been doing lately" kind of post. However, my brain is not up to the task of anything deeper at the moment. So you'll have to be content with just that ( Read more... )

So for the last few weeks I've been deliberating on what to post for my first update in 2005. Various ideas have been considered. However, they quickly fell to the wayside when I happened upon this picture. All else seemed irrelevant in light of the recent voting success in Iraq. One fun fact: Current voter turnout estimates are at a possible ( Read more... )

So this weekend was a total blur. From the tang keggers to the four frickin hour band practices I about couldn't handle it all ( Read more... )