Here I am in Miami Beach. Not much time to explore around, as I have a 9:30 PM flight to Washington DC tomorrow. Up in the morning to look at two properties, one near the airport here (Miami Airport Embassy Suites is pictured), and another located in beautiful Pompano Beach.I shall try to add my … Continue reading Business Trip Leg1A

Today, I leave on a five day trip, four flights, three cities. I don't usually travel like a road warrior, so I will attempt to blog my adventures here. Some day, when I am using a walker and eating pureed foods, I can look back on my business life, and smile.

Rob Bell is a pastor of Mar's Hill Church in suburban Grand Rapids, Michigan. He says things that might make church people mad. Like this (in the most recent edition of Relevant Magazine):"What a lot of people call church in America has little to do with the church Jesus had in mind. I think you … Continue reading Rob Bell – Trouble Maker or Prophet?

Ok. I am flummoxed. I just found out that I made the list (mind you the bottom of the list, rather fitting...) for one of the best posts of 2007 from the wonderfully clean-shaven folks in Texas at "The Higher Calling Blogs". This is the first writing award I have received since I was published … Continue reading What? Huh? Me…."Best Of…"?

Recently, during the same interview I mentioned the other day on American Public Radio, Jean Vanier spoke of power, of the handicapped giving our lives a sense of "equilibrium", about the importance of "being" rather than "doing", of the sacred nature of the body in the context of the handicapped. Jean, at 79 years old, … Continue reading Jean Vanier, Powerful Jesus, Pathetic Me

"The universe is God's sanctuary. Every work day is a day of the Lord, every supper a Lord's supper, every work the fulfillment of a divine task, every joy a joy in God. In all preliminary concerns, ultimate concern is present, consecrating them. Essentially the religious and the secular are not separated realms. Rather they … Continue reading Sacred and Secular – You Can Take This To Work

Jean Vanier is a most amazing man, who, indirectly has affected the lives of two of my close friends, as well as a far more expansive effort in the founding of the L'Arche Communities, world wide.My friends Mark and Tod, had a lunch with priest and writer Henri Nouwen about 20 years ago in Toronto; … Continue reading Jean Vanier, Living in Reality, My Struggle

About 12 days ago, we pulled the kids out of school and spent the day at Disneyland. Just the four of us, as a family.It was very fun to be a kid again, if only for a day.The last time we pulled the girls from school like this, one was in 5th grade, and the … Continue reading Holiday Fun Review