From the Streets of Miami to the Halls of Heaven

August 9, 2013

Body sizes of all dimensions and skin colors of all hews filled the chair-less room.  Energy oozed out of the pores of 200 middle school students as they unleashed their nitro-fueled excitement.  Camp. After a day of physically demanding activities in heat and humidity that had me changing t-shirts and taking showers in pit-stop like […]

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Behind every storm…

August 2, 2013

NOTE: This was originally published on September 2, 2011 We had just started to lay out our campsite. The tents were unpacked and the assembly technique was determined… and then the rain came. And then the hail. We sat in the car and watched. A gap in the weather gave us the window we needed […]

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Peach Season…

July 26, 2013

“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good…” ~ Luke 6:43-44 (ESV) I always thought that peaches were a Midwest fruit. I’ve enjoyed many great peaches […]

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A Theology Lesson in a Bike Shop

July 19, 2013

I’d never entrusted my bike to the workers at Adventure Cycling before… this one-off shop is tough to notice, and frankly, had been a retail location that I’d driven by many, many times.  Ironically, it was much closer to our house than the other shops I had frequented.  So when my son, Erik, suggested that […]

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Earbuds in Review

July 12, 2013

NOTE: This was originally published on June 17, 2011 As a courtesy to others, and as a means of protecting myself, I alert an individual that I am approaching on my bicycle when I am about to pass a walker or runner on my regular cycling route. What has become an overwhelming reality in this […]

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No Match for the Light

July 5, 2013

NOTE: This was originally published on June 10, 2011 “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:5) Albert Callaway was my neighbor on Park Avenue in Wheaton, Illinois. He was the only boy in the neighborhood, and although we were different on many fronts, he was my friend. […]

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Eggs and Butter

June 28, 2013

Eggs and butter. This is what launched Gordon Food Service over 115 years ago… eggs and butter. Actually, that’s not true – it was really a heart to invest resources into the local community and into local ministry that propelled Isaac Van Westenbrugge to sell eggs and butter so that he had money to give. […]

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www.tsa.gov/feedback

June 21, 2013

“Dear TSA – Thanks so much for asking for my feedback. I saw the invitation to communicate while going through security at Washington Dulles Airport. It really made me feel good that you cared enough to ask for some feedback from me. Wow, where do I start? Just this week I’ve been reminded about how […]

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Mission Accomplished

June 14, 2013

“…therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.”  ~ Genesis 3:23 Jesse Dourte is turning 90 years old. Jesse is the son of Monroe and Susie Dourte of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Jesse is my mother’s brother. The Dourte family had four girls […]

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The Denver Post as my Amplified Version

June 7, 2013

“Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.  And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”　(Luke 15:1-2) The headlines on most of our national newspapers have provided a vivid illumination to the text of Luke 15. The intensity of the recently scrutinized […]

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