life as best as i remember it…

In this week’s New Yorker, Jill Lepore reviews two new parenting books that hit the shelves recently: Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood by Michael Lewis, a father of three Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace by Ayelet Waldman, a mother of four Both of these books began as [...]

Budget Cuts and Freezes Salary Cuts and Freezes Lay-offs Doors closing… for good. The church world doesn’t look all that different than the business world right about now. Well, except for the sermon series that the church can teach on faith in crisis to offer hope to the congregation. We teach and basically throw around verses that remind us tha […]

What would you sacrifice for your life’s work? What would you give up for your idea of your honor? Your job? Your wife? Your sanity? Someone recommended Flash of Genius to Jenna a few weeks ago. We finally got around to watching it the other night. The basic premise from the FOG web-site: Based on the true story of college [...]

I know. This is a bit of a strange endorsement coming from a children’s ministry pastor. However, over ten years I’ve been a HUGE fan of the New Yorker. To begin with, I think it was something to do with growing up outside of the City and those covers! Who can resist a good New [...]

After a few years of tight budgets, we FINALLY finished off the interior of the diner. This is our first grade environment. Our artist in residence, Glena Tegner finished up these murals last week. Most of her “canvases” were Tectum Sound Abatement. She’s amazing! The back wall (sorry for the blurry pic – YIKES!): the metal [...]