Project 365 – Day 18 Today 4 people committed their lives to Christ through baptism at our 11am service.  These are powerful and moving moments.  It takes enormous courage to commit to anything privately, much less publicly.  Commitment often falls by the wayside, as we all know too well.  Think no further than how you […]

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Project 365 – Day 17 As I walked into Katie’s salon today for a much needed haircut, the huge display of hair products caught my eye in the front window.   It’s a large yet simple and organized array of bottles, jars, and colors.  I knew a blog entry was looking me in the eye. […]

Project 365 – Day 16 Today was refreshing.  Sunshine, finally, after weeks of gray, dreary, and mostly wet weather.  It’s the dawn of a new weekend, with more in the forecast. What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they […]

Project 365 – Day 15 My wonderful family surprised me with an awesome wine rack for my birthday!  Now we have two, the other of which my brother Mike gave me at Christmas.  Each is unique, and I love them both!  Today I was looking at them and their beautiful patterns and shadows.  I’m always […]

Project 365 – Day 14 Digital Native – A person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and therefore familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age: the digital tools that are reshaping our economy make more sense to young digital natives than to members of older generations. Being in […]

Project 365 – Day 13 Today I had the pleasure of meeting my good friend Glenn for a birthday lunch at one of our long time favorites, Hometown Barbeque.  We’ve been friends for many years, and we share so much in common.  Faith, small town roots, values, we both have daughters (no boys), wonderful wives, […]

Project 365 – Day 12 Today was quite unique, in that it was extremely foggy all day long.  This photo was taken just after lunch.  Typically in this part of the south the fog would have lifted by then, or else it would have turned into rain.  On this day, it was more Seattle-like than […]

Project 365 – Day 11 I’m a volunteer video camera guy at church once or twice a month.  Video is nothing like still photography, but that’s a story for another time. One of the things I’ve gained from this experience the past couple of years is learning just what it takes to put on a […]

Project 365 – Day 10 We are both blessed by and cherish our family meal times.  Most of us are together virtually every night of the week.  I came across this from a North Dakota State professor, for which most of these points are so obvious but are often overlooked or dismissed in today’s American […]

Project 365 – Day 9 I’ve become a complicit victim of the coffee culture.  I hated the taste of coffee most of my life, but 6 years ago something changed.  I now love it, and it is a highlight and beloved pleasure of each morning. Most days I make my own, but Fridays I treat […]

Project 365 – Day 8 “Home away from home” – This was one of the first phrases that came to mind when thinking about showing and describing where I spend a majority of my week.  The Oxford Dictionary defines home away from home as “A place where one is as happy, relaxed, or comfortable as […]

Project 365 – Day 7 Today we took Katie’s car in for work at Blake Automotive.  We’ve been taking our cars to John Blake for years.  He’s an independent garage owner, and works exclusively on Honda products.  We’ve been Honda owners for as long as we’ve been a family.  Years ago I circulated an email […]