Some of the men in our church have been running the Bon Hom Lacrosse League for a few years, a summer program that helps get boys started early in this (fantastic) game. This last Saturday was grandson Rory’s first game ever. He is the one on the right, with gold striping on his shorts. As …
CREC Summer Stuff
One of the heartening signs of future growth in the CREC has been the development of summer camps for our young people, thereby indicating that we are having to deal with more and more of them. One was Summer Sanctus, a montage of which is below. Here in the Pacific Northwest, we have two separate …
UK Rapid
One of the cool features of Google Analytics is that I get to look at what countries contribute visits and hits to this blog, and I have to say that I have been very pleased with the UK. Their June visits worked out to 1,635, just behind Canada. Anyhow, we have a lot of friends …
The Fruitfulness of Plodding
A question I frequently get, and which I am generally reluctant to answer, is a question about time management. How do I get everything done? I don’t like to answer this for three reasons. First, I don’t get everything done. The done stuff is visible enough, but the undone stuff is sitting on my desk, …
Ad Copy from the Nether Gloom
We are really looking forward to the release in book form of my debate with Christopher Hitchens on the topic “Is Christianity Good for the World?” The release date is September 2, and you can get the book from Canon, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon. The image below is the ad from the back cover …
Grand Kids in a Row
The Merkles got back from the UK for the summer, and so we had our first unified sabbath dinner since last October. Afterwards, we lined them up on the deck in birth order and took some pics.
A Little Fun Over At Femina
My daughter-in-law is having a little fun over at Femina. When the contest is over, I will, if necessary, defend myself. And while I am on the same general subject, let me say that the best song I downloaded this year was Mark Knopfler’s Song for Sonny Liston. And I also really liked Jakob Dylan’s Something …
Dandelion Fire
Well, here is the cover art for the next one. One minor problem is that Random House has delayed the release slightly. Oh, well. The good news is that this is one is not a page turner only because you find yourself clutching the book too tightly to turn anything.
Holding Out for the Moon Walk
Scripture comes alive, before your very eyes (James 3:7).
The Book Tree
This is a fun business — Canon Press has released their very first book trailer. Take a gander.