Tag Archive 'choice'

Earth Day

Posted by on 22 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: my life.

Today, April 22, is Earth Day. It’s a day to put the focus on the enviornment. Are you doing anything today in honor of Earth Day? Me? Well, I drove to work today for the first time since last Monday. Last night I filled up my gasoline tank, costing me a cool $45. Not that […]

The Need to Yawn

Posted by on 05 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: thoughts on life.

This weekend as I was leading worship at New Hope, I was looking at people in the seats, trying to engage them in worship as I always do. But something different happened this weekend…I looked directly at a lady, and she was yawning. She covered her mouth nicely, but still, I saw her yawn. That […]

Church: What’s Wrong with Five Hours in One Day?

Posted by on 29 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: my life., thoughts on church

This weekend, Emily and I drove by a given church just after 1 p.m. in the afternoon. Cars were just then leaving from their 10:30 a.m. service. We drove back by the church at 5:50, and there were cars already in the parking lot again. ‘No thanks!’ I said aloud as we drove past. If […]

Missionary Moments

Posted by on 23 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: my life., thoughts on god.

This past weekend I was privileged to spend some quality time with a missionary. He talked about his life and showed me photographs of his daughters–teenagers, and he was away from them for most of the year. And then it hit me: This guy is away from his wife and kids more than he is […]

Conversation with a Homosexual

Posted by on 29 Sep 2007 | Tagged as: my life., thoughts on life.

A recent blog by my friend Todd reminded me of the need to blog about this, and I wanted to share it with you today. This originally appeared in the Oct 24, 2001 issue of IPFW’s The Communicator, which at the time, I was Managing Editor. Here, The story Why are you straight?it appears in […]