Assembly Required But Complicated

I don’t know how you are but I’m not a fan of assembling furniture.  I follow the directions, I make sure I have all the tools, I guess I’m just…

Newspaper Prophets

Last night I met with a couple of my key leaders.  Had them over for dinner for some pizza and then a little vision casting for the year.  There was…

Locked Out

Again this weekend I headed out to Ohio for the Franciscan High School Conference, which again was a blast. This group of students like the last...

Itching to Get Mad

One thing that makes me angry is poison ivy. Anyone who has ever had it, knows that it stinks. It’s not the itchy, burning part that bothers me, it’s...

Starting Slow and Steady

With the temperature in the 100’s (not kidding) and poison ivy rashes running up and down my arm it’s been hard to go out for a run or even a…

The New Season: Summerall

I was talking with a few coworkers about how the summer has flown by and one of them made the comment that 4th of July weekend marks the end of…

To Run or Not to Run?

Right now I’m at a crossroads, to run or not to run.  With today being a day off my wife and I are hosting a bbq so there is preparation…

If You Pay Me a $1 I’ll Dismantle This Bomb

Watched Hurt Locker last night, probably one of the best films I’ve seen in a while. It was also fitting to watch it last night with fireworks going...

What the Fluff?

When I was a little kid I use to get psyched for lunch and not because I was a fat kid, but because my mom made the best bagged lunches. …

Mysterious Creatures In The Clutter

I have this small fear of opening up my house windows after weeks or months of having them closed. In the window sills dirt and grime build up as...

Why Did The Monkey Fall Out Of The Tree?

I’ve been getting “real” haircuts for the last year. I use to cut it myself but after my wife persistently pleaded that I see a professional I...

They Know God, They Just Don’t Know Him

I think I underappreciate air conditioning. I don’t always like the idea of it because I’m trying not to waste energy (or money), but after being hot...