Monthly Archives for March 2009
Reflections from Minnesota – Day 1
Today was our first full day in Minnesota. We arrived at about 5:30 pm local time yesterday – bleary-eyed, stiff and tired, but very thankful to have arrived safely. The drive was long but in its own way a good bonding … Continue reading
Heading down the road
Tonight after I get home from work, Marion and I are heading down the road with our oldest son (Joe, 27) and our daughter (Bethany, 16). We’re on our way to visit son #2 (Simeon, 24) who is married to … Continue reading
In God’s image : of high value
In some of my recent posts I’ve been exploring what it means that we are made in God’s image. Today I want to look at what this tells us about the value of human life. NOTE to small group leaders … Continue reading
Learning to listen
The other day at work I was listening to a conversation at coffee break. The conversation was about sentencing for people who do Internet kiddie porn. One of my workmates made the comment that if someone is sick enough to … Continue reading
Deeply moved
This post will be a bit different. Yesterday I read the entire history of Brian Bloomfield’s fight with liver failure due to Hepatitis-C. I don’t know Brian but I’ve met his son Josh through my son Joe – they are … Continue reading
In God’s image: made for community
After God had created Adam and placed him in the garden, his work of creation was still not complete. God had given Adam a beautiful place to live and work to do, but Adam still was not fulfilled. God determined to provide … Continue reading
In God’s image : creativity
My friend Frank MacDougall is the CTO and co-founder of GestureTek, a pioneer in camera-enabled gesture-recognition technology for presentation and entertainment systems. To develop this new technology he had to be a visionary – he had to be able to imagine something … Continue reading