Certainly the Supreme Courts consideration of the same sex marriage ruling has grabbed some attention in the media (and by media I mean social media). We are certainly a culture of moral diversity, ubiquity of self-expression, and a lot of red equal signs. Despite the reality, that any blog on this topic will likely not…
Today is my 40th birthday. I fielded a few jokes today but in reality I have had a little time to reflect on how quickly forty years has flown by! Scriptures refer to life as a mist that burns off when the sun rises or is blown away by the wind. It is a fragile…
At the end of every year I am making it tradition to share my reading list from the previous year and give a brief summary. This year I have read more fiction than ever in my life and I think that has been impacted by my use of the Kindle app on my iPad. For…
I picked up The Lord of the Rings from the library shelf as a freshman in high school. It was thick had little print and was completely unlike anything I had ever checked out from a library. I always spent time in the nonfiction section somewhere between astronomy and biology. Little did I know that…
Anybody else finding themselves at least a little distracted by technology? There are suddenly so many ways to connect with people, so many gadgets, so many modes of communication. But has it genuinely improved our relationships at all? I can text, email, message on Facebook, tweet, give a +1, Chat, send a postcard, comment on…
I didn’t win the lottery yesterday! I woke up totally bummed that my life wasn’t radically changed by mountains of cash. The promise of mansions and exotic vacations disappeared with the announcement of the winning numbers. I’m still buying a used Kia Sedona instead of a 2013 Honda Odyssey. I’m not going to be able…
Lord, This thanksgiving, I am grateful for Linda, vows, and a God-given helper! She is truly a gift! I thank you for Adam, Luke and Leah . . . for laughter, joy, energy, and the constant test of my parenting skills. This year You have graciously shown us the Grand Canyon, the St. Louis Arch,…
So maybe you didn’t notice, but there are some political campaigns under way in this great land. I’ve watched some debates, read some articles, seen some posts, hid some people from my news feed (on both sides of the aisle), watched some TV ads, received some postcards in the mail, heard a few jokes, and…
This is my first week back from a 2 week road trip out west . . . With my family . . . In a minivan . . . Out west . . . Now let me state at from the get go, that this was no National Lampoon’s Vacation. We didn’t run off the…
The new Apple iPhone 5 has been announced and before it has even hit the shelves it is already outdated. Apple is probably already working on the iPhone 6 and next year they will be telling everyone why we need that one. I am into my gadgets and so this blog comes from an insider…
So it just doesn’t seem like it is going to let up. We have hit 100 degrees for the last several days, no rain, humidity and this is just downright un-Michigan! But I am not planning to blog about the weather, as much as my attitude toward the weather. The weather has a way of…
Recently I have had a lot of people ask me to recommend apps for them. It seems like everyone is getting an iPad. iPhone or iSomething just recently. I have settled into a place where I have been able to make my iPad work for me and I spend a lot of time using it…
