Keep getting up!

Been thinking about the practical aspects of faith this week. Somewhere in the history of our people the idea of never messing up became proof of great faith. The problem is that when being perfect is the goal, we all start hiding from each other and God. True faith...

Hey. Thanks!

Looking forward to sitting around a table full of food, with friends and family. What a genius way to celebrate how thankful we are for the good things in life. Right? There is something powerful about  the invitation to eat at someone’s table.  Even if just for...

The problem with cute girls…

I had a friend tell me that one day while in Jr. High a bunch of really cute girls started talking to him all the time. After a while he figured out that they just wanted his answers to their homework. He stopped giving them the answers and they stopped talking to...

It’s just better

I figured out how to fix our toilet last week. It’s a bigger deal than you might think. For some time now that toilet was a source of fear, shame and guilt. I can explain how in person sometime later. When things have been broken for a while, it is ridiculously...

You Matter Forever

I’m just now settling down after traveling through the first half of October. Between the monuments/memorials of Washington D.C. and the exhibits of the Rock N’ Roll Hall of fame in Cleveland I realized just how much we like to commemorate the sacrifice, creativity,...