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Website Refresh

Website Refresh

After helping a local church overhaul their website I thought, “Hmm… I think it’s time to give my personal site a bit of a renovation.” We’ve been snowed in today after nearly a foot of snow. Translation: a perfect time to spend some time...
Back at It

Back at It

In preparation for the first post of 2015 I had several possibilities that I had mused over to start this post. Lines like, “Well, I haven’t been blogging because summer started, and then fall was busy, and then I blah, blah, blah..” Or, there is always the, “I didn’t...

Goal Momentum

One of my “bucket list” goals is to eventually run a marathon. That’s 26.2 miles. Years ago I gutted out a 15 mile run and I remember mile 14 was not a pleasant experience. For some reason though, (likely the recent Illinois marathon), I’ve...

Why Easter?

I was reading a book today by a Christian author in which she shared a brief email she received from one of the leaders in her church. The gist of the email was this: We in the church need to be careful of how we present Jesus. We often treat Him as a pain pill or a...
Jeans, Wounds, and Kisses

Jeans, Wounds, and Kisses

Here’s a fact: I don’t enjoy shopping for clothes. I enjoy new clothes and looking nice; I simply don’t like the process of acquiring updated wardrobe items. Case in point: This past Friday I cleared some time to find some new jeans. I noticed that...
No Greater Love

No Greater Love

About three months ago my daughter asked if she could hang a bulletin board in her room. It quickly became a repository for all sorts of odds and ends. Clippings from magazines, notes from her friends, and sticky notes that contain some sort of cryptic code that only...