28 Dec 2007 3

Friday (Cameraphone) Photos

My Blackberry Pearl doesn’t take great photos like my Nikon D70, but it is still fun to play with. The week before Christmas I stopped on the side of the road to shoot this old truck and barn. Chicago Public Radio is even featuring the second shot on their website today (If you miss it, [...]

25 Dec 2007 3

Asleep in the Light

I was reading the letters of Whitefield this evening and came across a letter he wrote to another pastor in 1739. In it he wrote, “The Christian world is in a deep sleep. Only a loud voice can awaken them out of it.”

25 Dec 2007 1

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone. The fam’ was up early here – eating our traditional Christmas breakfast, opening stockings and presents, stoking the fire in the fireplace, and chasing the dog with Elias’ new remote control monster truck. It’s a lazy day for now, but more of the fam’ will pile in around noon. If you want [...]

21 Dec 2007 5

Friday Photo

That’s my son eating one of the breakfast cereals I used to eat as a kid (The Count, not Frankenberry). These days I eat Grape Nuts Flakes – though I didn’t know they have been around this long.

19 Dec 2007 18

The Secret to a Better Prayer Life

Are you one of those people who find prayer difficult? I am. It has always been easier for me to spend hours reading, studying and journaling, than to spend less time on my knees. I know some who experience the opposite, but most of my friends share my weakness. And it is a weakness. There [...]