1 Year Anniversary

After almost one year since starting this blog, I have of course not met my expectations. I planned on doing lots more with it and really using it to get out ideas and tell the world about Jesus and His word. I guess my time just does not add up to the excitement I had when I started.

Here's what to look for in 2009 from me.
1. More personal stuff (photos like my wife's blog has and thoughts about my family and home)
2. More information on my goals and ideas for the future.
3. More business dreams stuff.
4. More deep Bible stuff from the storm in my mind.
5. My sermons, if I can figure out how to do slide shows.
6. More information on my work and cool projects going on out there.
7. Hopefully less politics, at least as a percentage of total additions.

Pray for us, as we plan to read the Bible together as a couple this year.

Remember that the new year brings about NEW OPPORTUNITIES:
1. TO GET RIGHT WITH GOD.
2. TO GET RIGHT WITH FAMILY AND PAST FRIENDS
3. TO REFOCUS ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT
4. TO LEARN TO LOVE WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH
5. TO PLAY MORE AND WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY.

My mother

As my few readers know, my mother is very sick. She is dying. I can tell you she has been a great mom over these years. When I was growing up, she would pray for me and help me with things like homework, problems I was having at school and work, and issues with friends. When my friends, brother, and I slept in our tent in the back yard and snuck out at night to run the streets, and cause trouble, she rarely failed to catch us. She was the common sense source for me and often enabler of my lack of common sense. She was always there to bail me out of problems but never made me not learn from them and then be a better person. She kept with us despite our family issues - unruly kids and a husband who once drunbk too much alcohol. We all really respect her because she was and is a strong woman and one who would lead in the times of need, especially during my teen years. I thank her and love her.

Christmas is about family

With my mother very ill, I wanted to post this family photo, including me, Angie, my kids Mark, Alexis, Hannah (on bottom) and Ethan (mad). My two sisters and brother are in here too. Hopefully we'll be together again soon, but with mother sick and my brother living far away, it is hard. Pray for us, pretty, pretty please.

Hebrews Study

In our church adult class we are covering the book of Hebrews. Now this book breathes fighting the good fight. The book starts off with the author's proposition: Jesus is preeminent and majestic. The book proves this with three main points: 1) He is higher than the angels, 2) His law supplants Moses' Law, and 3) His covenant supplants the sacrefices of the High Priests. I hope to blog about this amazin' chapter in the weeks to come.

Remember, in these last days, He speaks to us through His sons. Someday we will judge the angels. IN HIS LOVE and GRACE.

Exciting Times for the Lord's Church

This is an exciting time to be part of the church of Christ in our town. We had a man and his wife along with his 4 kids visit this past Sunday and preach and then answer questions from the audience. He is a young guy about age 30 and a godly man. I think he will be an excellent addition to our church and a good evangelist. He is a humble individuals but very idealistic. I think our church would be an excellent starting point for his ministerial work. We cannot wait for their final decision as to moving here and being part of our church. May the Lord bless us. Amen! And may we be worthy servants.

Global Warming - Check This Out

The photos here are of sea ice in Antarctica. Amazing striped icebergs.
Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions.Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layer of salty seawater can freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a Green stripe.Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the sea.

Antarctica Frozen Wave Pixs - Nature is amazing! The water froze the instant the wave broke through theice. That's what it is like in Antarctica where it is the coldest weather in decades. Water freezes the instant it comes in contact with the air. The temperature of thewater is already some degrees below freezing. Just look at how the wave froze in mid-air!!!

God is so cool!