They Call Me "Pastor"

Last night Diane and I attended our first annual meeting at Grace. And… IT WAS GREAT!!! One of the items to be voted on was whether or not to license me as a pastor. After an affirming vote Al asked Diane and I to come forward to have hands laid on us and prayed [...]

A Big Fat Picture Post

I’ve been promising pictures of the new house for awhile so here they are… This is the front of the new place. Nice big shady tree that sheds lots of leaves that my new reel mower can’t mulch. This will be the first time in years I actually rake leaves properly.
Here’s the back of the [...]

The Dog, God, and My Kids

Camden and I watched an episode of Dog on A&E. It was cool watching him get the bad guy and then try to help him out. I told Cam that Dog does that because he’s following Jesus. He gets the bad guys and then tries to help them out a bit.
At the end of this [...]

What Kind Of A Christian Are You?

I wrote this post a while back and have kept revising it. The same topic keeps coming up with the elections having just occurred. I just read another blog that addressed the issue so it seems appropriate to post it now. This seems like another great thing to have a potluck dinner/discussion group over. Let [...]

Thoughts Happen

I just got done speaking at the mothers group at Grace, MOMS. Very cool group although they didn’t meet in the room in the picture. And there weren’t as many moms there. Maybe because it was me.
I was asked to speak on parenting so I pulled out 4 things I had [...]

"Why not gain the whole world plus my soul?"

This stuff has been steadily making it’s way into the mainstream and now, it appears, it has arrived. Click on the pic to see a summary on Time magazine’s cover story this week titled, “Does God Want You To Be Rich?”
I’m going to buy the issue and I would like to gather with some people [...]

Our New Home

Diane is an amazing dreamer when she sleeps. Sometimes she has dreams that she thinks reveal some underlying fear or paranoia. Other times they seem like they are visions from God. Last night she had one of those. It was very comforting. It was as if God was confirming that we are right were He [...]

New Phone Numbers

Hey we’ve got all new phone numbers now so here you go…
Our home number is 814-838-4063Diane’s cell is 814-232-3203
I’m not using my cell. I’m convinced that somehow it’s not good for me. I have a few specific reasons but it’s always creeped me out. You can catch me at home or [...]

The Preliminary Report Is In… My Reel Mower

I have been told my some that if I told others about Jesus like I tell them about this mower then the whole world would be saved.
That may be true.
I took it out to mow for the first time today and was very pleased. I bought it because it costs about $140 and [...]

A Heavenly Baseball Joke

My Dad was thinking of this joke the whole time Al was preaching on what Heaven will be like yesterday…
Two ninety year old men, Moe and Sam, have been friends all their lives. It seems that Sam is dying, and Moe comes to visit himevery day.
“Sam,” says Moe, “You know how we have both loved [...]