Lindsay and I spent last week with some family in Arizona. (I’m writing this just a couple hours after returning home, so I haven’t really even had a chance to process all of the things bouncing around in my head. So I’ll just start typing and see what comes out.) First: a little bit of [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 28, 2008
Christmas is canceled
This is as bad as it gets. I’m canceling Christmas. Who brings a gun to go toy shopping? Who tramples a 34-year-old man to death to get to the sale rack first? Absolute morons, that’s who… I’m so sorry for those families who lost someone today to a senseless mob of shoppers. God have mercy [...]
November 25, 2008
kudos to CCV
two KUDOS in one day? you betcha… I saw this article on AZCENTRAL.com about a church in my hometown donating 11,000 shoes to the poor on ONE weekend, just by asking everyone that came to leave their shoes. The article says that 75-80% of the people that came participated. Brilliant idea. Don’t let them think [...]
November 25, 2008
kudos to Wal-Mart
I don’t usually read “The New York Times“, but I did stumble across this article this morning. Wal-Mart has donated 90 million pounds of fresh food to Feeding America, which is the nation’s largest non-profit organization addressing hunger. The cool part is that it sounds like its not just a one time donation, but instead [...]
November 24, 2008
thanksgiving!
Lindsay and I are heading to Arizona tomorrow to hang out with my family and our AZ friends for the week. We’re staying with some family in Phoenix through the weekend, but heading up to Prescott (pres kit‘) for Thanksgiving Day. We’re in Ohio for two weeks next month to celebrate Christmas. Holidays are crazy [...]
November 24, 2008
meteor over Edmonton
How sweet is this video?? I would have thought the world was coming to an end if I saw something like this.
November 23, 2008
I can’t believe I’m already…
I think this will be a good decade. I don’t know how it would top my 20′s, but it should definitely be a good one. Adios childhood… I’m halfway to 60!
November 22, 2008
oh Christmas tree
One of my neighbors has had their Christmas tree up and fully lit for two weeks.We’ll be in Ohio this year for Christmas, so no tree for the Guards this year.
November 20, 2008
bookmark party!
I need to share some of my bookmarks, because they make my life complete. Ok, they’re not that good, but they’re definitely worth taking a gander at. I have a bunch over on the right side of this page… check those out too. These guys just don’t fit into those categories. Here they are, as [...]
November 20, 2008
culture making
I’ve just started reading “Culture Making” by Andy Crouch, and on page 12 he says this: “I hope friends will read this book and begin to envision their friendships not just as the companionship of compatible individuals but as potentially transformative partnerships in the places where they live, study, work and play.” Anybody wanna be [...]
