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I recently upgraded a piece of our entertainment system. While looking for info about this item, I noticed that it had a free movie rebate. Basically, after purchasing this item I could send in the UPC code and receipt to get two free movies. So, last night, I get out my X-Acto knife and proceed [...]

We’ve had more snow and ice this week than this city is used to. We’re prepared for a day or two, but some places have been snowed in for over a week. The fact that this stretched over Christmas really threw some holiday plans up in the air. What fascinated me was how people reacted [...]

The majority of the country loves to sing carols that say things like, “Joy to the world. The Lord is come,” or, “Hark the herald angels sing ‘Glory to the newborn King!’” The carols are sung as if everyone singing them really understands who Jesus is and what He did for us. Many of them [...]

I had a minor missed opportunity tonight. Actually, it was more of a delayed opportunity. It was a situation where I could get a head start on something today or I’d have wait almost a week to try again. I missed it due to some external dependencies being a little slow. I was really annoyed, [...]

I believe I am witnessing the age of entitlements come home to roost. Government is famous for promising something now for a vague cost later. Since the cost is always underestimated and distant, it’s an easy sell for those who are about to receive the handout. Then, when political parties figured out that setting up [...]

Our church has a tradition of holding a New Year’s Eve service. It’s something of a big party, really. We worship, listen to a short message, and then break up to eat, fellowship, and baptize. The baptisms go on while the rest of us eat and mingle. It’s fun to watch and cheer when each [...]

I think it’s hard to imagine what it’s like to be the winning quarterback in the Super Bowl. Few of us have ever been at the absolute peak of our profession on a stage where millions of people know your name and columnists write thousands of words about your abilities. I get completely wound up [...]

I made an interesting observation over the last week. I watched two different basketball games with my favorite team. In the first game, my guys couldn’t put the other team away and it went to double overtime. The star on my team had his biggest game of his young career by putting up 38 points, [...]

It is yet another one of God’s paradoxes that those who try to lead will struggle and those who simply follow God are natural leaders. It’s when you stop doing things on your own strength with your own rationalization and trust in God’s strength and His leadership that others will follow.
I watch the news lately [...]

I saw a story on the news the other night about a middle-aged man who was sledding with his family in his own neighborhood. He took a run down the hill and ended up crossing the street at the same time an SUV was driving through. It killed him. Now, does this tragedy prove that [...]

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