Now and then I like to take Rose to places that she really enjoys. Usually we don’t have the time or the money to do so. Today I thought I would let those last two things go and take her to her favorite places in Portland: 23rd Street and the International Rose Test Garden. Crazy…
Fortuitous Bouncing
Wow…I’m a day late with this. My deepest apologies. I was out of town and had limited internet. I actually didn’t check my email for 24 straight hours. I was talking to Rose about that. I can’t remember the last time I’ve gone that long. Is that bad? Eugene Cho is in the process of…
I Have it So Good
My wife and I were talking this morning about doing a “blogalogue” (my new favorite word) sometime soon. It is basically our discussion on how good we have it in America, how badly others have it, and what we can do about it. More to come. Today’s post flows right out of our discussion. There…
God Bless America
It is that time of year. 4th of July week and weekend. Flags come out from the woodworks and get placed everywhere, including all over churches. I want to know one thing: What comes to mind when you see these pictures? How does country and Christianity mix for you?
Ridiculous
I was looking at some of the headlines today and something caught my eye. “Rush Limbaugh renews radio contract” First off, I’ll be honest. I don’t listen to him. I find it odd that he “speaks” for conservative America and yet has been divorced 3 times. Anyway, enough about my thoughts on him. That isn’t…
Multi-Generational Worship
On Day 2 of my trip to the Willow Creek Arts Conference I began the day with 2 sessions ran by Ross Parsley.I talked about the first one here, but I want to highlight the second session because it was phenomenal. Ross began his talk by saying, “we aren’t good at declaring God’s works to…