We just spent an entire month (in essence, four messages) at the church talking about how God desires us to use our money and it was really good (in my opinion).  Truthfully, it was also very difficult because it is not the most popular topic of discussion.  I personally came away with some new perspectives, [...]

I drive a Buick Rainier and am very thankful to do so, most of the time. Recently I have had a few nagging problems that I have had to go get fixed, and though it is under warranty it still takes a little bit of scheduling to make it all happen. So this past Monday [...]

Recently I had to chance to visit the city of Chicago for the first time in my life.  I always love going to places for the first time and trying to take in as many unique or “famous” places or things that the particular place is known for.  Karla (my wife) and I had a [...]

As it was so humorously pointed out in the previous blog, appearances can be deceiving.  For years many of us have heard the age-old adage, “don’t judge a book by its cover.”  And though we believe that is a good principle and philosophy to live by we have a hard time doing it when it [...]

You know that sometimes what we see is not always as it appears. In fact there is even a commercial that has taken a funny approach to driving this point home with different scenarios that look one way but with further explanation are not what they appear. On a very humorous note that happened this [...]