breaking the silence
I have maintained a blogging silence over the past few weeks. On the morning of my last post, my mom went in for a medical test and two days later, she learned that she has breast cancer. As far as I...
View ArticleHurricane Ike #5: Vanessa’s Parents
A few people have asked me about Vanessa’s parents in The Woodlands. They’re fine. Like the rest of that area, they’re without power and will be for awhile from all accounts. Cell and landline phone...
View ArticleHurricane Ike #7: Random Notes
A few random notes from various items I found today. There’s always a way.The first comes from the problems in Galveston. The city has been using the San Luis Resort and Conference Center as the base...
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Do you tithe?
I was directed toward a review of a book, Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money. The review mentions has poorly American Christians donate. Some of the numbers: If just...
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All Good Things…
All good things must come to an end and this is true once again. After much discernment, prayer, conversation and a bit of gut feeling, I am resigning from the University Catholic Center, effective...
View ArticleIt All Comes Down to Kids
[This is the second of four posts regarding my decision to leave the UCC and what's next. Read the first post.] Why are you leaving the UCC? I met my wife through a mission trip that I only went on...
View ArticleWhen One Door Closes…
[This the third post in a series looking at my decision to leave the UCC and what's next. Return to the first post.] What are you going to do now? When discerning how to handle the conflict rising in...
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My Daughter, Football Pro
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Tonight, the family was at a Super Bowl party and we received further proof that Olivia absolutely loves football. She was enjoying herself and having a good time...
View ArticleV’s Voice
Image via Wikipedia A few days ago, I helped my wife setup a blog at http://v.kraft.im . I know I’m biased, but I’m impressed with her and her blog so far. Read it, add it to your feedreader, tell...
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Let The Children Come To Me
People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them, and when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. Jesus, however, called the children to himself and said, “Let the children come...
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My Mexican Kids
Vanessa published a post yesterday on Busted Halo about her Mexican culture and some difficulties she is having in exposing the girls to it. This has been a well-discussed issue in our home, so Vanessa...
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Steve Jobs, Rest In Peace
I had already heard the news via Twitter when Vanessa walked up the stairs after arriving home from work. “Have you heard?!?” Vanessa wouldn’t care about the death of the ex-CEO of Apple, so I was...
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Epiphany
Our problem is we always spend Christmas with extended family. We may travel to Houston/El Paso/Wichita Falls, we may have two to 14 people (and a dog!) come stay with us. We might be in Austin alone...
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Tim Tebow Saved My Marriage
Vanessa and I got into it over the weekend. The details aren’t important. Typically, we follow our Ephesians 4:26 “rule”: Do not let the sun set on your anger. But not this time, we got into a heated...
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The Sun Is Lazy (The Morning Routine)
I went from posting about once a month to working on five-to-six a week so far in 2012. There is one single change in my life that made this possible. The Morning Routine. photocredit: flckr/atomdocs...
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Flaming Drumsticks
Sometimes I’m a stereotypical guy. Of the many great and illustrious things I’ve done in life (no hyperbole there, no no), one of the activities I had the most fun was marching band in high school....
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Heart or Wallet?
I’m typically horrible about Valentine’s Day. Vanessa and I agreed early into dating that we weren’t going to do anything for the holiday. For her, that meant nothing big, but acknowledge it somehow....
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The Need To Retreat
We took a retreat this weekend. The whole family. All four of us. I like the idea of taking a retreat annually, but have fallen out of the habit. In 2007, I took my last silent retreat at the...
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