You will need 10:48 to rethink the role of leadership and incentives in business, the church, and non-profits. Its worth the time, and entertaining. Go for it......

Friday night at 5 PM we got a call from friends who suddenly had happened upon 18 EXTRA tickets to see the Troubadour Reunion Tour of James Taylor & Carol King at the Hollywood Bowl.  Lived here all my life, and I still love living in LA, if for nothing else but stuff like this.Nancy … Continue reading Seredipitous Evening of Memories

This parody is another reason I feeling increasing sad about American Evangelical culture.http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=11501569&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"Sunday's Coming" Movie Trailer from North Point Media on Vimeo.

Over the course of the past several years, I often find myself reflecting on this journey in life thus far. How did I get here, to this place, and where am I headed?  What will the road ahead look like?  And when the end comes, how will I feel about where I have been, and what … Continue reading Middle Life Reflections

This video of the effect of the volcano in Iceland on air traffic is amazing. Wait until the end, to see the effect of London coming back online. And remember, each of those little dots of light represents a hundred or more people flying through the air in a steel tube. I love it!

This pastor is a complete fool, pandering to the culture in the most shallow way possible.  So are the Shiny News Persons interviewing him.  I am disgusted.

Recently, this fellow asked me my thoughts about this passage from the book of John.  And so, this is what I replied, in an email today:I have nothing smart to say or ask.  I am dumbfounded.  This prayer has always confounded me.  I feel inadequate to receive it, just reading it.  Its as if I … Continue reading John 17 Reflections

Somewhere, high over the Nebraska corn fields, the ride home got rough.And when it did, a teenage girl hand next to me tightly wrapped itself around my wrist. “I just hate turbulence, I just hate it”, said Younger Daughter, as we encountered bumps in the air.Soon, that hand will loosen its grip, loose its fear … Continue reading Of History, Colleges, and Hope for the Future

When I was 11 years old, I had a paper route. It started near my house, and continued down Baldwin Avenue in Arcadia, right across the street from what was then the practice track for Santa Anita racetrack. The first paper I delivered was the day Robert Kennedy was shot - June 5, 1968. I … Continue reading Remembering a Paper Route, Forgetting Human Dignity

When you get things for free, for years, why not promote the latest thing they offer you.I must admit, I love Blogger after this latest change!