On living biblically

I have been taking a slow stroll through A.J. Jacob’s The Year of Living Biblically. Adelyn bought it for me for Christmas. She picked it out herself. There’s a picture of Jacobs on the front cover looking scarily like Charlton…

Jesus takes the wheel of American Idol

For those of you who didn’t watch last night’s American Idol, you missed a profound shift in the cultural understanding of the power of faith in God. Throughout its insanely dominating reign over the airwaves, AI has had contestants verbalize…

Review: Getting Things Done

I’d heard so much over the past year about GTD this and GTD that. I had no idea what folks were talking about until Richard Poole began blogging about his desire for personal organization and how using the “Getting Things…

Mourning duck damage

I just can’t believe it. Twice in one week, I have inadvertently broken two priceless family heirlooms (no wise cracks there, please). The first accident came Wednesday evening as I was putting clean coffee mugs back into the cabinet after…

Stealing from a church?

The following video is one church’s response to the folks who took their trailer with sound equipment, Bibles, children’s ministry items, and everything this new church owned, basically.I’d encourage you to watch it and see how grace can drastically impact…

First-time blogging and Tumblr

“Blogging” is such a huge, insurmountable concept for most people. Even if they journal or write regularly, the thought of trying to produce a blog – the technicalities, the how-to’s, etc. are overwhelming. After all, for someone who simply wants…

Rain and preaching

I left Little Rock Sunday morning early so that I could arrive in Newark, Arkansas in plenty of time to visit with pastor/friend Jody Smotherman. It rained on me the entire way there, and as I exited Highway 167, the…