Husband, father, church worker, internet junky, tech nerd, bad designer, terrible photographer, and even worse writer... 
“If we go to the same conferences, listen to the same podcasts, and follow the same preachers, we’ll get more of the same. It’s time to shuffle the iPod and discover some new opportunities.” Ben Arment in CollideMagazine.com
Thoughts on convergence
Watched one of the Convergence videos with Don Miller and Lauren Winner. Raises interesting questions. I think I really need to do some evaluating. Talking, and having conversations with people with similar values is something that I would really like to do.
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Riding
My dad and I did the Wurst Ride today. It was a 62 mile ride that I wasn’t exactly ready for. When I was making it to the rest stop at the 36th mile and feeling great I was completely shocked. I kept trekking but a couple miles before the 52 mile rest stop my [...]
note I wrote
The following is a note that I wrote this past weekend: Traveling is one of my favorite things to do. Leila and I used to be able to take random trips any time we wanted at a moment’s notice. One time we were looking online at flights to see where we could go. The website [...]
No needy among us
One of my favorite bible passages is from Acts 4. When it says that everyone shared all their possessions and from time to time sold land so that it could be distributed to those who were in need. No one claimed a possession as their own and no one was in need. It isn’t communism, it [...]
Torn up memories
My grandmother lives with us, or maybe it is more accurate to say we live with her. We are in the house that my grandparents bought 40 years ago. A little over a year ago my grandfather passed away, and my grandmother, who had been taking care of him suddenly found herself alone. Since that [...]