I was thinking the other day about how weird it is that I’m convicted about different things in my life all the time. Trying to change my attitude in different situations, trying to make better decisions, etc. In some ways this is a drag because I’m realizing it never ends. Being convicted is a part [...]

Dear Sarah Palin Dear Barack Obama Dear Reader, I’m sure you’ve been wondering why I’ve been writing about politics with such a negative tone. And that is a valid question. I’m sure that I managed to offend almost everyone with each of those letters that I posted. I do have a method behind my madness [...]

Part One Creative Chaos @ The Soul. Today I hope we provide some concrete answers. The beauty of this blog conversation and my conversation with Rose is that there are no concrete answers. As you can tell, I don’t deal with this very well, but I am doing my best to open up to God’s [...]

Scene: The coffee shop within Powell’s bookstore in Portland called World Cup Coffee and Tea. A few weeks ago Rose (that is my wife for those who do not know) and I went out to coffee. I had lots rolling around in my head. So we just started talking. This post is a synopsis of [...]

A Christian buzz word I’ve heard a lot of is “extreme grace.” Yeah ok, it is 2 words. I know that. But the phrase is used all the time. Whenever someone who was in jail, is a prostitute, or was addicted to drugs, accepts Jesus, people call this extreme grace. Whenever a 12 year old, [...]

It is a short Christmas for Rose and I. We both have to work on the 26th and today. So we get a one day break. Better than nothing.The big news around here is the small possibility of afternoon snow tomorrow. I talked about this about a month ago. Forecasters always call for snow that [...]