Its Spring Break week next week for the kids.About a month ago, my wife and I began a discussion with our girls, now 12 and 15, about what our Spring Break together would look like. We typically have gone someplace for a couple of days, enjoyed being together, laughed, played in a pool. Just family … Continue reading A Different Kind of Spring Break

The whole situation in Iraq is painfully difficult, beyond my ability to fully comprehend. However, I would like all six of you who faithfully peek in on my musings to take a good look at this article from The American Enterprise Institute (whose offices I drove past in Washington, while I was there for business … Continue reading Not Easy Answers

Its not over until the Fat Lady sings.Sometimes, life surprises you. Tonight, my favorite team in college basketball pulled a shocker of a win in the final seconds - in a game in which they had trailed by as much as 17 points. The Gutty Little Bruins did not fold, did not fade, but behaved … Continue reading Tonight, Its Good to be a Bruin!

Today, on the way to work, I heard this, the story of this.Based on my recent musings about this life, I find the words of Henry O. Gusley sobering and meaningful:Today, though a date of no particular note in history, is one of importance to ourself, being no less than the anniversary of our birth. … Continue reading History Speaks

I am contacting those responsible for the new pastor search at my church. I may have located a potential candidate. I mean talk about emergent, post-modern, relevant, and hip. And he knows the words to "Tiny Bubbles"!I think we are done searching.

Something remarkable happened today. In the frigid cold of Nome, Alaska, Rachel Scdoris, who is legally blind and just 20 years old, just finished the 1,100 Iditarod Dog Sled Race. This is her second attempt, after having to scratch last year.This is just plain amazing. The power of the human spirit is remarkable. I love … Continue reading Overcoming Unbelievable Odds

I am 47 years old. For some reason, I find myself preoccupied often with the concept of time. If there only was a way in which one could freeze time, that would be wonderful. Oh, how I wish, rather nostalgically, that I could have frozen time when our daughters were little, say, at 3 and … Continue reading Time, Drudgery, Bocelli, Lent, and Mercy

So, last week I am having one of my rare quiet lunches. Just me and several back issues of the Wall Street Journal (the world's most excellent newspaper). No clients, no office staff. Just me and the paper. Ahhh, bliss for the sometime introvert that I am. And in the "offbeat" center column of the … Continue reading Its a Matter of Perspective

I know this remarkable fellow. Rob Asghar. He has lead a most interesting life. Perhaps one of the most interesting parts of this life is his convertion to a Christ-follower, after growing up Muslim. Rob has been a friend for about 10 years, and has never ceased to make me think, question my world view, … Continue reading Do We Give Jesus All of our Politics?

To begin with, if the image at left does not give you some form of the willies, then you might want to move right along, perhaps to another planet.My friend Rob Asghar, born and raised a Muslim, and now a follower of Jesus, has some thoughtful things to say about the whole issue of conservative … Continue reading Jesus, Lord of All?