The Power of Prayer

Margaret is one of those people who epitomizes what a life lived in Christ looks like. She is patient, caring, kind, giving, humble, and present in so many ways. She is the one person at Ridge who is involved and connected in ways that allow people at all three of our worship services [...]

Rock Chalk Perspective

Last night’s KU game didn’t go quite as I might have hoped, but it was a wonderful evening nonetheless.
Heather and I had some friends over to watch the game with us and even though KU ended up losing (partly because they forgot to show up for a good part of the game and partly because [...]

Rock Chalk Game Day

This evening the 11-0 Kansas Jayhawks will face off against the 10-1 Missouri Tigers in front of a National audience. It should be a good game!
I posted earlier in the week about the rivalry and received some fun comments. I particularly appreciated a bit of history that barbmom provided:
As a Jayhawk Alumni let [...]

Believe the Believable

Wednesday night I concluded a four week book study at Ridge UMC. The text we used was Believe the Believable, a new book by Virgil Brady who was my pastor from the time I was in the 5th grade until he retired when I was in college.
As we introduced ourselves to each other for [...]

Thanksgiving 2007

God of Love, I pause today to give you thanks.
For a renewed sense of health and strength and purpose, for a body that moves me through my days and connects me to your creation, I am thankful.
For a partner who strengthens me and grounds me, who supports me and inspires me, who makes me a [...]

Mac vs. PC

I’m thinking about buying a new computer for home (a laptop) and am looking for some guidance. All of my computing life I’ve been using Windows. However, I’m starting to think I might want a mac. In the next couple of years Heather and I will be starting a family and I’m thinking I’ll want [...]

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!

It’s a fun time to be a Jayhawk fan living in Big 10 country. I was mildly annoyed when the Kansas game against Iowa State wasn’t aired Saturday (really who needed to watch Michigan State play Penn State) but otherwise its just dandy to be flying our Jayhawk flag!
For any readers who don’t follow [...]

Conversations with Rob Bell

Last week I posted an email I sent to Rob Bell after seeing his The Gods Aren’t Angry Speaking Tour. He actually wrote back and we’ve exchanged a couple of emails over the last week. I wanted to share that exchange with you readers, particularly to get feedback on my own struggling with [...]

Google Church?

The November 12th, 2007 Newsweek contains an article titled, “Google Goes Globe-Trotting.” The tagline reads, “To train a new generation of leaders, the search giant sends young braniacs on a worldwide mission.”
The article was a quick read, but left me feeling quite convicted (once again) that it is time for change within the church.
Google [...]

A Letter to Rob Bell

I attended Rob Bell’s The Gods Aren’t Angry Tour at the Vic Theater in Chicago on Monday evening and left less than completely satisfied with some of what I heard. So, I decided to write Rob and ask for some clarification. I connected with Karen, a PR person at Zondervan and she said [...]