Archive for May, 2007

  • Chris Elrod posts about what he has learned on his church planting journey. Here’s a poignant quote: "Recent church planters are your best resource. The greatest advice, financial gifts and...

    Church Planting: Things that might help…

    Chris Elrod posts about what he has learned on his church planting journey. Here’s a poignant quote: "Recent church planters are your best resource. The greatest advice, financial gifts and...

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  • I was sitting in the shade while Ben and Loretta were in the clubhouse swimming pool this afternoon. The clubhouse sits on higher ground in our complex and looks out...

    Shimmering ripples

    I was sitting in the shade while Ben and Loretta were in the clubhouse swimming pool this afternoon. The clubhouse sits on higher ground in our complex and looks out...

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  • I like simple prayers. This is probably because I have a very short attention span. I have been known to knod off while others are speaking, and while I have...

    “Jesus, take the wheel”

    I like simple prayers. This is probably because I have a very short attention span. I have been known to knod off while others are speaking, and while I have...

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  • My friend, Bill Dahl, has published The Porpoise Diving Life, the Book on the Internet. Whatever you do, don’t read it! Here are some very good reasons for not reading...

    Bill Dahl publishes Porpoise Diving Life

    My friend, Bill Dahl, has published The Porpoise Diving Life, the Book on the Internet. Whatever you do, don’t read it! Here are some very good reasons for not reading...

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  • I like to read the news. As I scanned my daily LA Times email I came across this article, Larry Flynt: My friend, Jerry Falwell. Rev. Falwell is a polarizing...

    Jerry Falwell, Friend of Larry Flynt

    I like to read the news. As I scanned my daily LA Times email I came across this article, Larry Flynt: My friend, Jerry Falwell. Rev. Falwell is a polarizing...

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  • I am in the midst of an intensive research and development project on a Hoodabada™ Detector. It seems like it wouldn’t be difficult. Sort of a cross between a lie...

    Hoodabada(TM) Detector

    I am in the midst of an intensive research and development project on a Hoodabada™ Detector. It seems like it wouldn’t be difficult. Sort of a cross between a lie...

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  • From the New York times obituary of Rev. Jerry Falwell: But, at his core, he remained through his career what he was at the beginning: a preacher and moralist, a...

    Falwell Dead

    From the New York times obituary of Rev. Jerry Falwell: But, at his core, he remained through his career what he was at the beginning: a preacher and moralist, a...

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  • Now, before you freak out and call the emergent cops on me, let me explain myself. I’m sure that none of us believe that war is a good thing. I...

    The dangers of pacificism…

    Now, before you freak out and call the emergent cops on me, let me explain myself. I’m sure that none of us believe that war is a good thing. I...

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  • From the LA Times: Newspaper circulation continued to decline nationwide, according to a report released Monday, but many individual publications and a trade group countered with figures showing that the...

    Two items of interest…

    From the LA Times: Newspaper circulation continued to decline nationwide, according to a report released Monday, but many individual publications and a trade group countered with figures showing that the...

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