So here’s a case of life imitating art, specifically a Seinfeld episode. My friend Brandon was at this fancy military function last week, and for some reason Gary Sinise (LT Dan) and John Ratzenberger (Cliff from “Cheers”) were there. At dinner, for some random reason, Brandon decides he’s going to eat Gary Sinise’s cucumbers when [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Gary Sinise’s Cucumbers
Posted in Life, tagged Humor, Life on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gratitude
Posted in Theology, tagged Books, Theology, Youth Ministry on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of [...]
Yesterday I flew back from Boston to Brussels with my two oldest sons, Caleb (6) and Joe (4.5). Here’s a quick glimpse at little boy jet lag:
Enchanted
Posted in Movies, tagged culture, family, Movies, travel on January 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Monday, while in Albuquerque, we took my brother to a movie. He chose “Enchanted.” I don’t think I would normally have bothered with that particular movie, but it scored so well at rottentomatoes (currently 93%) that I was intrigued.
Happy New Year!
Posted in Life on January 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well. Here I am on the web. As the first morning of 2008 dawned, I woke up, looked around and realized that what the world needed was one more blog. There just aren’t quite enough people posting whatever is on their mind to whoever in the world feels like reading it. No, there may be [...]
