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Thanks to the multitude of you (Danny, Tricia, and Kelly) who have asked me to blog more frequently. I appreciate that you check in periodically, and I know how disappointing it is to visit a site that never gets updated.[I had to type 'disappointing' six times above before I got it right. Spell checkers, although handy, sure do make a guy feel dumb.]I really haven't spent a lot of time

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Maybe like me, you have several good daily devotion books on your shelf somewhere. Or perhaps your church, like mine, puts out copies of "Daily Bread". We all know we need devotion and study time, but perhaps we don't make the time like we should. There's a great web resource called Devotional Christian that has online resources for many common daily devotions, including Daily Bread, and

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Sorry I haven't posted in a while. The well has been kinda dry.In the interim, enjoy this:

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Watch the pilot of this aircraft pour a glass of ice tea while performing a barrel roll.

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I just hope that someone writes him back.

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That's a picture of me and two of my favorite people in the whole world (the photo was taken a year ago at the top of the St. Louis arch).Last weekend, their mother (Doesn't that make it sound like I'm divorced? Peculiar, huh?) went to have a wild weekend with her own mom and sister. Not to be outdone by three giggling females gabbing incessantly about scrapbooking, consignment clothing stores,

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At first I thought this was funny. Now that I've thought about it, it just makes me angry. This is a perfect example of the attitude of many Americans today: Not happy with your life? Call the government to fix it.Be sure and listen to the audio of the 9-1-1 calls. Ridiculous.http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/05/aloha_man_calls_911_over_botch.html

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You may be aware that occasionally, on really monumental days, Google will replace their trademark, colorful logo. Most recently, they recognized Earth Day with a stylized rendering of their name. Of course Earth Day is worthy of such recognition, since it is our most important holiday.Today, they have replaced the uber-iconic logo with Ida, the newly pronounced missing link.In case you haven't

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If you like, own, or are thinking of purchasing a hybrid vehicle, you may be offended by Jeremy Clarkson's recent review of the Honda Insight.However, if you believe that hybrid cars are but an environmental placebo that allows furry-legged women and smelly, bearded men to feel like they're doing the "green thing" and look down their collective, tree-hugging noses at the rest of us

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I was reminded of this book this morning when I read Abraham Piper's blog post. It made me kind of nostalgic to see the book cover and got me to wondering when it was published.I went over to Amazon to get the publish date and noticed that there were several one-star reviews of this book. I had to read them.I mean, seriously, what's not to like about "Are You My Mother?"Check out what this

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We just returned from an 8 day oddessey to Mishiwaka, Indiana, to see my brother and his family, and eventually to Chicago. We had a fantastic time. Here are some highlights:This is my brother. He says he is not texting, but I think he is. No one really knows what he is doing. In this photo, you will see his happy, excited state. His other emotions look pretty much the same. This is Wes and

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We drive some of the neighborhood kids to church on Wednesdays, to our AWANA program.Among the regulars are delightful twin girls, aged 7.Recently, on the way to church, they announced that one of their dogs was overheated."Overheated?" My wife and I were perplexed in the front seat. It had been unseasonably hot that day -- 85 degrees in April. "Did you say that your dog got overheated?" I asked

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Saw this video first over at Worship Matters.com. Beatboxing....cool.(This may take a minute to load)

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I've seen several blogs recently talking about the movie Taking Chance, starring Kevin Bacon -- Mark Hemingway at NRO online for one.I recently had a chance to catch the last half of this movie during a hotel stay, and I cannot wait to see the whole movie. It is an amazing, moving film that, surprisingly, doesn't appear to have a hidden agenda.Watch this movie as soon as you can.Then tell me what

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Growing up as a kid, 'fart' was a bad word in my household. Or at least, it was considered vulgar -- the first f-word I learned that I was scolded for using. I guess some habits die hard. As an adult, I still don't like the word.That begs the question, "so, what do you call it?" As you can imagine, with two strapping young lads in the household, it is a common enough occurrence. It's the

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From the Griff comes these two terms:Re-mem-ber-ized.Def.: To commit to memory, past tense.Example: "Today, I rememberized two new Bible verses."Di-nag-ol-lee.Def.: A line that traverses neither horizontally or vertically, but at some angle in between.Example: "To draw a triangle, draw a straight line up, then a straight line sideways, then connect them with a line dinagollee."

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Recently, I had the opportunity to visit our Nation’s capital and meet with some members of Congress, the Senate, and with armies of congressional staff members. In the natural course of doing this, I was, of course, subjected to multiple security screenings and encounters with the Capital Police. For the most part, these folks are serious, down-to-business, and at times, slightly rude. There was

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This has been around for a while. It's still one of my favorites.

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Wes, reading a menu at a mexican restaurant, pronounced "fajita" phonetically, with the hard 'j' and a long 'i'. Maybe it's just me, but that cracks me up.Griffin continues to pronounce the word 'motorcycle' as "murder-cycle". Smart kid. I'm not going to correct him. He also says 'finger' with a 'th' at the beginning: "thinger".

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That title is not mine. I stole it from Tom Neven. Below is a link to his excellent post over at Boundlessline.org.In it he summarizes, "We're in danger of becoming a nation of Idol contestants, wanting a quick ride to the good life without the hard work and patience to actually earn it."Then this zinger about the President: "What else could explain the election of a callow, inexperienced

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Men, don't forget tomorrow is Valentine's Day. You still have time to get her something nice.Oh, and don't fall for that, "Let's don't get anything for each other" line. It's a lose-lose deal. Even if you believe that she means it, get a fall-back gift just in case. If she springs something on you, you'll have something for her. If not, save it for her birthday.Don't let this happen to you

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Ever feel like someone's following you? Check your six -- it might be Hamish & Andy.Hang with this video. It gets fun at about 2:00.

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First of all, credit for this post goes to Boundless Line, where the author, Motte Brown wrote about a bit he heard on the John Tesh show about double dipping.John Tesh got his info from the show "Food Detectives" from Food Network. Here's the summary from Tesh's page:Food myth #1: Double dipping transmits germs. That’s TRUE. In an experiment that involved food technicians double-dipping, and

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How about two three-point shots at the same time, one from each hand?No problem.(I guess even millionaires over 6 feet tall have trouble finding sweatpants that are long enough. I can relate.)

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We were riding in the car the other day when, from the back seat, my 9-year–old asks “Dad, what’s lust?”"An interesting question", I think to myself. He probably heard it from a bible verse or something. So, I give him a definition like “It means wanting something really bad --So bad that just wanting it becomes a sin.”“Ok”, he replies. Good. He’s satisfied with the answer. Moving on now.Later

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Catechism.I have always had a knee jerk reaction to that word. I associated it with the Catholic faith -- that the Catechism was something Catholics read, sort of their rulebook.Who knew that the word simply means "instruct" or "teach"?Anyway, I'm starting a study of a Baptist Catechism that is based on the Westminster Catechism. I wrote about it over at Gloria Dei.

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It stands for Bless His/Her Heart Syndrome. Read about it here.

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I don't much care for mobile phones. I have even blogged about it before. But here's some mobile technology I can get behind (pun intended...you'll see).

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I'm not a book reviewer. There's plenty of bright folks out there that do a great job of that. But I do love to read and I wanted to recommend a couple of my recent favorites.Peace Like A River, by Lief Enger is the best novel I read last year. Enger is a master wordsmith and tells a moving story. I don't want to ruin the adventure of reading this book by giving any of the plot away, but here's a

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I'm done borrowing. It's too frustrating.I don't have a good track record with borrowing. I'm going to have to buy Josh a new copy of a book that he lent me because I stepped on it one morning getting out of bed bending the cover and the first 10 pages back.Josh is very particular with his books. He's one of those guys that doesn't break the spine when he reads. All of his books look new --except

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This is a very cool article from ESPN. It's worth your time to read.Have a great day! http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?section=magazine&id=3789373 Photo credit & HT: same as above.

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Where I work, we receive quite a few Christmas cards (that's not the correct term anymore, as I'll demonstrate) from our customers, vendors, consultants, etc. I would estimate that we received in excess of seventy or so that were addressed to our office staff. I kept count this year to see how many actually said "Merry Christmas". The sad result is 3.3 cards which read "Merry Christmas". Two of

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Today is my wife Michelle's birthday. She's the good looking one in the picture above. I don't think she'd mind my telling you that she is 38 today. I don't mind saying that she's 38 because I'm proud of every one of those years and they way that they have shaped her. I don't mean her physical shape, which by the way is excellent - she is healthy and vibrant, and I think, the most beautiful of

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A few of my favorite Christmas movie quotes:From Elf -- "You sit on a throne of lies."From A Christmas Story -- "Oh Fudge!"From National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation --"...where do you think you're gonna put a tree that big?""Bend over and I'll show ya."So what's your favorite Christmas movie quote?

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Incredible.....My aching back.Thank you to Dee who sent me this video.

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Although we have been feeding our LOST addiction (hello season 3), Michelle, the boys and I have actually been spending a lot more time with the TV off. Our new pastime that we are very enthusiastic about is playing boardgames. Recently, some friends of ours through church (thanks Paul and Kim) turned us on to a whole genre of games that aren’t widely known, although they are readily available.

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I bet if you asked 1,000 kids to name the athlete they most admire, not one would answer with "J.P. Hayes". Hayes is a professional golfer. Now I don't follow golf, and so I am not familiar with Mr. Hayes or his abilities. I did, however, catch this story on the blogosphere and think that it is worthy of sharing:http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/blog/devil_ball_golf/post/

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It’s like a guy carrying around a megaphone who periodically announces to no one in particular; “I’m shopping at Pay Less!”, or “Just waiting at a stop light!”, for no other reason than to justify the carrying of it.

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Friday night I drove down to Edmond, OK with Josh, Patrick, and my sons to see Derek Webb and friends in concert. I was already familiar with Derek both as a solo artist and with his work with Caedmon's Call. Having seen him perform live, I have to confirm that I am a now a fan. What a great evening of music with Derek, his wife Sandra McCracken, Water Deep, and Ali Rogers. Derek's music is not

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(Please forgive the reference to the MTV program in the title of this post, but it seemed appropriate.)I guess sometimes parents carry on these silly charades with their kids too long. I'm talking about those things like putting out milk and cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. Now Santa is something we never really promoted at our house -- even when I was a kid, it never really seemed feasible

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Michelle and I had a date night a few weeks ago. The boys were at a friends house for a camping sleepover so we were kid-less. After a nice, child-free meal we stopped at the Game X-Change to see if they had any intriguing videos to take home. Completely on impulse, we bought Season 1 of LOST. Neither of us had ever seen the show, but we knew that Josh and Bethany were fans. Josh once even

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Manners are important to me.I strive to observe them and I endeavor to teach their use to my kids.The lack of manners exhibited in people today is one of my biggest pet peaves. Our culture is quickly dispensing with the basic use of "Please" and "Thank You".Here's an interesting piece from Boundless Line about the replacement of "You're Welcome".http://www.boundlessline.org/2008/10/

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In regard to next week's election, I now have a peace. I'm not anxious. My candidate may or may not win. I will vote, and I will be disappointed if the results go against my cast, but at the end of the day, I will not get down.The source of my new-found peace is this verse that I read yesterday:The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will. Proverbs

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I thought Michelle's prayer from her comment on the 'f-bomb' deserved it's own post."O LORD, teach me to impart Your truth so it remains even when I fail."

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It was bound to happen. This week, my kids asked us what the f-word was. At the tender ages of 7 and 9, they finally got introduced to the mighty and terrible mother-of-all-cusswords. Frankly, I am amazed that we managed to insulate it from them thus far in their lives. After all, that word permeates so much of our culture now. “Where did you hear this word?” their mother and I calmly asked.

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I'm not a good blogger. I used to think I was an OK writer, but I soon learned that my creative pool was pretty shallow. I discovered this through trying to maintain this blog, and keep it updated. I guess I also feel that blogging can be a bit narcissistic. You remember Narcissus? He's the guy in Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection. Wikipedia (who gets credit for the

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{This blog was originally posted at Gloria Dei where I was a guest blogger for a few weeks}In just a short time now, our friend Nick will be leaving his family and home to return to Iraq where he is deployed with our Nation’s armed forces. We hope and pray that his all-too-brief time with family and friends was well spent and that he was able to relax and enjoy his leave. I didn’t speak to

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By now, you've probably seen the political advertisement for Mike Huckabee that includes a cameo by Chuck Norris -- If you haven't go to your favorite video page now and search for it. It's original, and funny. I had to share one of the funniest web pages that I have come across recently: http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com This site lists hundreds of 'true' fact about the Chucker. Gems such as:Guns

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This is a portion of an essay from the archives of one of my favorite bloggers, Tim Challies:You can read the full text here.Perhaps the greatest fallacy Christians believe about Halloween is that by refusing to participate in the day we are somehow taking a stand against Satan. And second to that, is that participation in the day is an endorsement of Satan and his evil holidays. The truth is

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Yesterday, a professional baseball game was played between the Washington Nationals and the Florida Marlins. This 12-inning marathon was played at Dolphin Stadium in Miami which can seat around 75,000 fans. The attendance for yesterdays game? Around 400.Yep. 400 folks attended this match-up which lasted just over 4 hours. You can read all about it at the Washington Post link below (photo credit

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Sports fans are ruining sports for me.Maybe that's too broad of a statement. I'll rephrase.College students are ruining college athletics for me.They are just plain obnoxious. Even the students at my Alma Mater -- especially the students at my Alma Mater. In fact, I'm sure that I have attended my last home game at OSU. The last game that I attended left me embarrassed to be OSU Alumni. It wasn't

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As if I needed another excuse not to work out.

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So, there's this TV program --maybe you've seen it. It's called "America's Got Talent". Then there's another one called "Britain's Got Talent". These programs sound like more reality TV/Idol-wannabee type stuff don't they? Now me, I haven't seen either program so I don't mean to be judgemental. But, I have seen the various video clips on blogs and YouTube, so I have an idea what these show are

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Yeah, it’s hot.No. This is not another diatribe on global warming. I’m not buying it, and I’m not selling it. If that’s your angle then you might want to go and fish another pond.No, my beef is with the Heat Index. It’s not really a beef – I just find it amusing that we have invented a new way to make it sound hotter than it is. Now, don’t get me wrong, ‘cause I know it’s hot. But I grew up in

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A couple of weeks ago, I ordered two copies of "The Dangerous Book for Boys" -- one for each of my sons. I won't bother reviewing the book here because many others have done a better job of that (See the review at The Discerning Reader). The boys and I have been reading the book together most nights before bedtime, and have really been enjoying it. It's an excellent and entertaining book for all

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I am seriously and voluntarily out of touch with mobile phone technology.Until a few months ago, I didn’t know what Bluetooth was. I did know that Josh has a blue tooth in his mouth. Seriously – It’s like a leftover from some childhood trauma or something, but there it is, this little, bluish-tinted tooth. He’ll show it to you if you ask him.When it comes to cell phone technology though, I am out

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As you may have gathered from the title and byline of this blog page, I love Louis L’Amour westerns. I have often described his books as “Harlequin Romance” for Men. I love the allure of the old west, and the romanticized idea of the men and women of that time period that are portrayed in L’Amour’s books. Within his many novels and collections of short stories (there are over 100 books) there are

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Why are we so obsessed with this person?This morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia intends to aim missiles, probably nuclear, at targets in Europe.Yesterday, Iranian President Ahmadinejad, was once again predicting and celebrating the destruction of Israel (remember, he's the guy who said that Israel should be "wiped off the map").Today, the FBI announced crime statistics

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But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. James 1:14.Ok, I’ll admit it.I am a weak creature.Subject to the very lusts and enticements that James wrote about. As I said, I am weak.I give in to my impulses….too easily.Recently, K-Ro and I were just hanging out together. Our wives were shopping. We weren’t looking to get into trouble – just waiting. Innocently.At

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You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat their wait-staff.I recently attended a dinner meeting for an internationally known organization which does phenomenal philanthropic work. I sat across the table from one of the evening’s speakers, a man that I had not met previously. As he was a representative of this benevolent organization, I was frankly surprised at how rudely he intreated

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I watched a fascinating movie last night on cable. It was a documentary about people who commit suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. Although the theme of the movie is rather morbid, I found myself riveted to it. The filmmaker gave us a glimpse into the lives of both the victims and their families and portrayed the pain and hurt that friends and loved ones feel after someone commits

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I have a photo that I took last year of one of my two sons standing on a rock dike constructed on the navigable river where I work. I love this picture because it reminds me of the excitement he felt having ventured out there on his own. The dike is constructed of rocks ranging from 1' to 3' in diameter, and they roll and shift under your feet, making for treacherous passage. My son, 7 years old,

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