The largest Irish holiday is actually the celebration of a British missionary. At only 16 years old, Patrick was taken to Ireland and sold as a slave. He tended sheep, and began to pray to pass the time. Patrick discovered hope, and would pray over a hundred prayers a day as he took care of […]
I’m sitting in a coffeeshop in Boulder, CO, in the same chair i sat in about 3 years ago. i love it here. when my friends moved out here to plant a church, i so wanted to join them. i think part of me still does. looking out the window, i can see the mountains. […]
“God is sparkle!” my 4 year old daughter announced. “Lord of the sparkles!” These were the words to her impromptu worship song as we drove home this evening. It’s cute when kids sing from their heart to God, but as i heard these words, i was struck by their wondrous and mystic nature. Modernity has […]
so my birthday is on Sept. 21. and what does everyone my age want for their birthday? why, an iPhone of course. it’s only $500 for technology 5 years ahead of its time. and face it, it’s gorgeous and intuitive. it is the quintessential gadget of my generation. well, at least this year… and yet […]
If Zach Braff was me, he’d be listening to The Alternate Routes right now. I heard this in Borders tonight with the fam, went home, listened again on myspace, then just had to buy the album on iTunes. It makes me want to go on a road trip. Speaking of which, i’m compiling some traveling […]
so my wife and i are about a year into this whole international adoption process, and we got a letter in the mail a couple weeks ago saying that our dossier is finally complete and we are ready to be assigned a child. the letter goes on to point out that a child assignment typically […]
So i shared this in church last sunday…but if you weren’t there… a week ago i got to visit another church nearby, and it was a decent experience. our kids (two little girls) liked the children’s program. basically because they walked out with paper bags full of candy. to a kid, that’s a some good […]
“And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ — to the […]
so if you scroll down to my entry last March, you will see how excited i was to get my first Trace Elliot guitar amp. since that, i got two and run them stereo. then i had friends tell me i had to get an all-tube amp. after much research and a desire to stick […]
i play a little drums. not a lot, but a little. i own two drumsets, and have fooled around over the years. a couple weeks ago, i got to play drums with a metronome. i was intimidated at the thought, and was sure i’d be terrible at it. what i found was a bit surprising. […]