Lost in Translation

Janet and I had a conversation over the week-end about different churches we have attended throughout the years and how we feel during the worship experience in each of these venues. We agreed that one church we visited a number…

I'm a little amped up tonight. In fact, I am pretty annoyed. But before you can understand why, it's probably better if I give you the back story. And to really understand it, you should probably know that there are…

In the early New Testament times, when the church came into existence after the ascension of Christ, there was a real proliferation of church groups that met in homes and spread the Gospel message throughout the region. In fact, the…

There has been a real run on keys around our house lately. Andrew bought a new car, Kristin has her new home, we're getting ready to purchase another house and on top of it all, we have keys to the…

I had a wonderful conversation with a friend of mine today about the way we phrase things and what it says about our behavior. The whole study of how we react to others and how well we represent ourselves is…

Today is Mother's Day, and like most families across the country, we got together and had brunch. There were 12 of us and it was something - 6 kids with 6 adults. Jill and Drew came from Oklahoma to celebrate…

After a long winter and somewhat wet spring so far, the past week or so has been filled with a great deal of work, in addition to the full time work I do in the corporate and ministry worlds. In…

With all the talk about the political situation in the country, it only seems fitting as we approach the primaries in several weeks, that we remember on this date, April 30th, in 1789, the newly elected President George Washington took…

The last several weeks have been a whirlwind for Janet and me, as well as the rest of the family. Since Janet's RA diagnosis, she has been a bit more quiet - so have I.... We spent quite a bit…

Did you ever have a nickname? I know I certainly did. When I was in grammar school, our gym teacher called me Touhy, or was that 2E, or maybe it was Too-ee... Problem was, I could never knew how to…