Warp Speed

Days are flying!

Camp is coming… soon.

My wife is going… sooner.

August is here… in 15 minutes.

Blogging has been cast to the side… for now.

Updated

The Speaking page has been updated.

The lesson from Hannah‘s life was one of my most enjoyable to prepare and share recently… for whatever that’s worth to you.

Christian Hedonism

That’s the catch-phrase coined by John Piper in his book “Desiring God”.

I remember hearing it for the first time and being certain that I must have misheard something.  How could those two words even go together?!

But as I listened and read, I recognized that a HUGE truth was contained within this phrase, a truth that I’d never really heard before, and a truth tied up in everything that is “the glory of God”.

Care to hear more?

Here’s a brief summary of the idea from Piper’s fantastic website: DesiringGod.org.

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One Year

A lot can happen in that time!

We’ve been thinking that lately as our home-for-one-year dates have come and gone this summer.

But we’re not the only ones.

My childhood friend Stephen has a significant entry of reflection back on the year that was, in his family.

Facebook

No.

I don’t.

There have been days when I’ve sat around wondering what I could do to receive more threats to my safety?  I recently stumbled upon the secret.

Don’t sign up with Facebook.

Yes, that’s right. I received a threat of bodily harm if I didn’t get a Facebook account.

A random web-surfer?  No.

An obsessed fan?  Not quite!

No, this threat (one of physical damage) was from one of my Facebook-psychot-i-fied friends, who must have been on the receiving end of a dozen or so “No, I won’t be your friend” emails or something.

With or without Facebook, some folks are just nuts.