It’s not hard right now to be bombarded with images and stories of Value – the value of the dollar, the value of elected officials, the value in your home and other assets, family values, traditional values, the value menu at (insert your favorite fast food restaurant). We see so[…]
How James Bond is like the church
I’m a big fan of the 007 films. When I was 15 years old a family friend of mine got me hooked. My first bond movie was Thunderball and I watched it in the Florida Keys. If you know anything about Thunderball, you know it’sgot water, and sharks and boats[…]
Vision – Get a Life
Nehemiah was is a pretty cool character in the Hebrew Scriptures. Here’s a guy who was a Hebrew that was serving the Persian ruler and heard that his homeland was in disrepair, neglect and was an embarrassment to the people of Yahweh. Scripture says that when Nehemiah heard of the[…]
Preparing…
Joy’s been trying to get me to listen to a CD she downloaded from Itunes about a month ago. Yesterday, I finally put it on my ipod and this morning as the boys and I were on our way to school, we cranked it up. I’ve listened to a LOT[…]
Stretching
I’ve been given a lot of blessings in my life. One of the greatest (outside of my fabulous wife and way cool kids) was to travel to Costa Rica on 3 different occasions. I’ve been to several different countries, though am no world traveler, but there is something about this[…]
Threads – Part 3
Freedom is a funny thing. It’s something those of us in the Westernized world value more than just about anything. We state that it’s the very reason for our existence as Americans. The source of our collective wisdom, Wikipedia, sates the following definition of Wisdom: is the state of not[…]
Threads – Part 2
We’re spending time right now in a specific passage in the book Acts (2:42-47) and we’re looking at the elements or threads that were a part of the first community of Jesus followers following the Resurrection. These threads were interwoven into an amazing tapestry that has continued to influence and[…]
Hem Notes Expanded – Change
A very dear friend of mine said, “Change is Good, as long as it’s good change.” Like most gems, this one was said almost incidentally. We were talking about some upcoming changes to a student program we were working with and without really thinking she just kinda blurted it out.[…]
Uncertainty
Is there anything worse than not knowing what’s going to happen? Seriously, I know a lot of things can happen in life that don’t seem to make sense or just plain stinks, but deep down not knowing is my worst feeling. I’ve become aware recently that I’m a control[…]