Godnapped

Roger Flies Home on July 23, 2011

2011-08-14T13:08:00.000-07:00

The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, .... For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks - Matt. 6:45 Roger had a BIG heart. And Roger loved to talk. But unlike many of us who like talking about ourselves, the overflow of Roger’s heart caused him to speak of the God he loved and served and about those God placed in his life. Rarely did his speech start

Never Say Never

2011-07-03T16:24:00.000-07:00

I still remember the sweaty, humid summer day in Poughkeepsie, NY. So already I geographically lost 90% of you unless you worked at IBM. It’s a town 80 miles straight up the Hudson River from Manhattan where IBM had a golf course, country club and acres of manufacturing dedicated to its mainframe computers. However I wasn’t there to play golf or build computers but to attend a Project

Faith of a Dog

2010-11-28T19:23:00.000-08:00

Pashuuuush, [pause] pashuuush, [pause] pashuuush. Strange sound, I think to myself groggily. It’s some time between when I fell asleep and when this annoying something-dragging-on-the-carpet sound awakens me. It’s still dark outside and a burglar would hardly be so obnoxious. It must be Ruby. I silently scold her. “Ruby! Lie down. Crazy dog”, believing she must be dragging some part of her body

Trench Talk

2010-10-29T20:17:00.000-07:00

In an old John Wayne war movie (not really, but any reference to a war movie should include John), a company of soldiers is on a mission to “take the hill”. Progress has been slow but intentional. Gaining ground has not gone without significant loss. Best friends have been injured or even killed in battle, but the men press on with devotion to each other for the freedom they’ve grown to

Life Thought #1 - Your Brain is Like a Sausage

2010-09-29T19:30:00.000-07:00

Though there are physical similarities of a sausage and your brain (some form of protein neatly packed in membrane), the real semblance is in their function. Your brain, like a sausage tube, has a certain capacity for rational and logical thinking. When your brain is filled with rational thinking, that’s the time to create life-guiding principals and decisions such as how much of a house can you

2010-05-20T20:29:00.000-07:00

Meet Jimmy. See Jimmy’s bruise? Jimmy plays racquetball. Jimmy is old. I want to be like Jimmy. As of this writing, Jimmy is 85 years old with a mind as quick as a whip splitting the air with a crisp snap while his body remains relatively motionless as the handle end of the same whip. Oh, he moves. His feet are just a bit more stationary than the activity going on in the tip of his head, like any

2009-12-16T16:55:00.000-08:00

"As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants after you, oh God." ( Ps 42:1) Today during our weekly Exec team meeting we shared what time with the Lord practically looked like in our lives. Some read a set amount of chapters a day, some read for a set amount of time. Others read until they sense they've had an encounter with God. Fasting, praying, singing ,meditating on a

In Memory of my Uncle Adolf

2009-07-26T12:27:00.000-07:00

It was one of those beautiful days out on Whiskeytown Lake yesterday. I was spending the morning with a couple friends catching Kokanee Salmon when my phone rang. Caller ID revealed it was my dad, so I answered with every intention of harassing him about not being out on the lake with me. “I have some sad news Erich”. I immediately thought something had happen to my Uncle Henry who just had the

Wall to Wall Fun or the Mad Mixer

2009-06-22T17:10:00.000-07:00

Power and stupidity make a great recipe for disaster. But don’t let me get ahead of myself.I’ve been building a wall out of cinder blocks for, oh, maybe 2 years now. Up to last week the only thing a casual by passer would notice would be a row of blocks in a ditch with rebar protruding into the air, like mini calf and ankle impalers. I would argue that the concrete holding the blocks

When Friends Break Things (or, That Sickening SNAP Sound)

2009-05-05T22:20:00.000-07:00