Category Campfire Talk

Joy in cleaning commodes

This past Saturday a small group of folks from our church met to do a “Dirty Job.” We had buckets, cleaning supplies, rubber gloves and slightly apprehensive attitudes. The plan? Go clean public restrooms as a way of showing people…

2008 Resolutions

(Update: 7-22-08): I’m rerunning this post both as a reminder to myself and a question to you… how are you doing this year on things that you wanted to change, adapt or achieve? How many of you are currently making…

Review: Lifestyle Evangelism

Lifestyle Evangelism: Learning to Open Your Life to Those Around You by Joe Joe Aldrich I have had Aldrich’s book Lifestyle Evangelism so long that I still chuckle when I look at the cover – it has two couples dressed…

The Nutcracker

After a couple of months of weekend practices and much fru-fru buildup around the house, our daughter (8) performed in The Nutcracker at Robinson Auditorium in Little Rock yesterday. She was cast as one of the little angels (and it…

The Golden Compass uproar

It seems that Ameri-Christianity always needs something to poopoo on. Right now it’s Phillip Pullman’s book and the soon-to-be-released movie by New Line Cinema (who also brought us the excellent Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Nativity Story). Just…