Recession have you down? Feeling the blues?I think I might be feeling some of those things. After a wonderful late summer break with the family in Canada, I am back to the grind here at home. Don't get me wrong, I love my job (and thankful beyond words to have it!) - but the daily … Continue reading Citius, Altius, Fortius….Clarius!

Thanks to Uncle Dave for this wonderful video:

Everyone has heard of the rule of Six Degrees of Separation.As it turns out, I am only two degrees separated from Julia Child! I find this excellent, as I just love to cook, when time and life allow. To me, Julia Child was a woman who drank deeply from the cup of life.How do these … Continue reading Julie, Julia, and the Family Next Door

Amid the great quiet, there is a soft, rhythmic sound here. Always there, off in the distance, not too far away. It’s the gentle lapping of waves on the beach of Georgian Bay, just a bit north of Penetanguishene. Sound travels forever over these waters, and you can hear a conversation of two folks over … Continue reading Sit, Swim, Read, Talk, Wonder, Repeat

Today is a pretty good day. I have, 1) caught up on lost sleep, after flying all night via O'Hare with my spiffy new (and expensive!) overnighted US Passport. After all the hassle of obtaining that darned passport, I really wanted the Canadian customs agent to look at my Passport and squeal something like a … Continue reading Flying All Night and Lost Luggage Adventure

Yesterday was a banner day. I found that my passport had expired on the eve of our family vacation! And so, I am picking up my "expedited" passport today, and off to Toronto tonight on a red-eye through O'Hare. Today, I sit at home alone, absorbing the near absolute quiet, relaxing and killing time before … Continue reading See The World

Today was the much-awaited Presidential beer fest at the White House. Beer me too.... http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/main.swf

Maybe it's about time we people who purport to follow Jesus just admit that we are not:InvincibleSmarterLess likely to completely foul up our livesLook betterSomehow superiorHave some kind of special edge on the rest of humanityWe should, rather, admit that we are completely, well.... breakable.

Here is something I have been thinking about.In so many ways, we evangelical Christians have adopted the culture of the rest of America in forming the church, as opposed to the radically unusual world view that Jesus spoke so much about. You know, that "first shall become last" stuff. Pick up your cross and follow … Continue reading Climbing Evangelicals

Forty years ago yesterday, man first set foot on the Moon.Yesterday, I sat in my office and listened to a 40-year old live stream of the Apollo 11 landing, timed to the second to match the event that happened that July afternoon when I was 11 years old.The adventure of Apollo was an adventure and … Continue reading To the Moon, Again