Since the family will be gone for most of the day, I have decided to take the time to clean out my garage.  I realize that winter might be a weird time of year to do it, but since I am allergic to dust, winter is perfect – all I have to content with [...]

One of the most common problems that we have found while surveying churches across the country is that many of them have challenges organizing a youth group.  It isn’t so much that they couldn’t assemble the group, but many of them are looking for Christ centered activities to help the youth grow in their faith [...]

There are some dog breeds that have really simple names. The Great Dane, the Poodle and the Terrier are all examples of such simply named dog breeds. They’re easy to remember and often easy to pick out in a crowd. But what about the dog breeds that don’t have such simple names? What about breeds [...]

I just created yet another spring cleaning pile of stuff to get rid of. How the heck did I acquire so much stuff? I don’t even know where some of this stuff came from. Just a glance through the pile reveals a couple of tactical headsets, a few shoulder microphones, a Motorola earpiece … I [...]

I was out shopping for a maternity dress in the maternity clothing department of a store at the mall this weekend. I ran into a friend of mine that I never thought I would see shopping for clothes in preparation of having a baby. She was always so focused on her career and had always [...]