Keeping it fresh

Tomorrow is my wife’s 30th birthday. Here are 10 things I love about her: 10.  She uses “I” statements 9.  She acts more like Jesus than I do 8.  She has low expectations of me 7.  This one isn’t for a public blog 6.  I don’t know a better, more adaptable, visionary artist 5.  She…

Last night our family went on a one night camping extravaganza with some families from our former church in Owen Sound. We arrived yesterday after supper and planned to stay until this evening. That was before it rained. The drops started falling around midnight and it was still pouring when we awoke this morning. By…

I’m starting a new sermon series tomorrow.  It’s entitled Formation @ Home. As a practical application of the message I’d like to invite you on a one week meditation and study exercise. Let’s read a few verses each day then post our experiences/responses to what we’ve learned in the passage. Monday – Matt. 5:1-12 Tuesday…

Erika and I are sharing “Ten lessons in ten years” with the 55+ group at our church tomorrow. We’ll be telling stories from the first decade of our life together. Here’s #3: Don’t wait for the perfect time. The first few verses of Ecclesiastes 11 talk about not waiting until the right circumstances before planting,…

I got some bad news on Tuesday. Our Pontiac–the Cadillac of mini-vans–is dying Rotten frame.  That was my mechanic’s diagnosis after trying to attach the hoist to something solid. He figures it’ll last the summer. It’s funny.  The outside is fiberglass so it looks great.  It’s underneath–the part you can’t see–that’s showing evidence of decay….