Subtle and unexpected, a change after the storm
Beyond the obvious–uprooted trees, damaged homes and property, and demolished businesses–I've noticed an unexpected change in the way meteorologists report the weather: Where previously they'd magnify the potential for "severe"...
Head, shoulders and raspberries
"I was too embarrassed to tell them my answer," she said out of the blue. I think it was conversation over a pile of laundry. Her youth leader had one of those books written to break ice and force people to reveal little known facts about...
UPDATED! Around/About: The “Help Others” edition
Week ending May 29th
A collection of links I love, sites I like, interesting reads or cool happenings nearby. Lisa's call to action for the residents of Joplin is a small initiative with big heart. Help her help them. A perfect example of "Just Do...
Why I love my Droid Thunderbolt & picplz
Together, they're magically...
Batteries not required
I was an eight-year old fortune hunter; I knew exactly where to find buried treasure– Along the monkey grass-lined sidewalk to our apartment's playground and under every rock in my grandmother's back yard. Shelled magic. Pillbugs....
An open letter to Hollywood
Dear Hollywood, Could you please explain WHAT IN THE WORLD you are thinking? Why you feel the need to produce movie after movie with ridiculously gratuitous and needlessly excessive profanity, sex and violence? A good story stands on its own merit...
“He is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.”
And three more beautiful John Piper quotes
"Life is not a straight line leading from one blessing to the next and then finally to heaven. Life is a winding and troubled road. Switchback after switchback. And the point of biblical stories like Joseph and Job and Esther and Ruth is to help us feel in our...
American Beauty
She hasn’t been featured in a TV movie or show in over ten years nor appeared in film in a substantive role in over 20, yet at her death Elizabeth Taylor remains one of Hollywood’s most recognizable movie stars of all time. Hear her name and you think the Golden...