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16 September 2008 0 Comments

David Allison Responds (I Kissed A Girl Update)

David Allison recently did an interview on his response to the reaction of his church sign. I thought it would only be fair to post his interview since I commented on his sign earlier last week. Watch it below or click here for the link.

31 July 2008 0 Comments

Denzel Washington on Faith and Spirituality

At the end of last year Denzel Washington was interviewed by Michael Kress about his faith and how it played a big role in his recent film The Great Debaters. Shelli has always enjoyed his work and I regularly make a point of seeing everything he is in when it makes it to DVD since [...]

26 June 2008 0 Comments

God – A Boy – And A Bike

My wife recently blogged about a new bike my son received as a gift and it is pretty cool. Not only does it have pedals for his feet but it has a hand crank on the handlebars to add to the workout he gets when riding. Man does he love it! Michael really likes it [...]

27 May 2008 0 Comments

Rowing Across The Pacific

Roz Savage is an inspiring woman that is rowing across the pacific ocean. She departed from California at midnight last night and is going to be blogging from a PC in her high tech row boat. Here is a bit from her first entry after departure: Last night, at a few minutes to midnight, I [...]

26 May 2008 0 Comments

Military Memories

It is days like today (Memorial Day) that cause me to reflect on my military experience in the Air Force. While I discovered that security and law enforcement wasn’t a real passion for me, I did like the Air Force. The memories I have from that experience are good ones. Plus the military helped me [...]

16 May 2008 0 Comments

Miracles Still Happen

It amazes me what God uses to help people. Sometimes technology, sometimes medicine, sometimes other people. My friend Lindsay Spengler recently experienced something miraculous. After being stuck in bed for about 5-6 years she is now out and about and getting her life back. CBS news recently interviewed her about her recovery. Click here to [...]

23 April 2008 1 Comment

Youth Group Memories And Stuff Christian’s Like

I am addicted to a new blog – Stuff Christian’s Like by author Prodigal Jon. He wrote a recent post that brought back some youth group memories from my high school days… Stuff Christian’s Like #124. The Kid That Makes Out With Girls From Other Youth Groups.You had this kid in your youth group, I [...]

21 March 2008 1 Comment

How I Got Into Reading

When I was a child my parents always encouraged me to read just as they are with my son Michael in the picture on the left. I remember my mom sitting down with us and reading everything from children’s books to C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia. I was fascinated by these incredible places that [...]

17 March 2008 0 Comments

Where Have All The Christians Gone?

My friend and Senior Pastor of our church, Brian, has done a series of great posts called Christianity’s Greatest Critics. Today’s was by far the best in the series: The common perception held among the Christian community is that not only are atheists and agnostics intellectually wrong about God, they live morally inferior lives. “If [...]

19 February 2008 0 Comments

Sin In the Cities

Forbes recently put together a pretty cool map rating major cities around the US and how they measure up according to the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, avarice, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. Philadelphia hit the map under the wrath catagory (see below) but none of the others. Here is how they did it: For [...]