Lost in Translation

It's with a heavy heart that my first post back since our 40th anniversary celebration in Hawaii is about the untimely death of Janet's mother, Nancy Boyd, during our absence. I'm sure that I will tell you about our anniversary…

Janet, Andrew and I have attended the first of two days of the Leadership Summit this year. And it was terrific - so many lessons on leadership from people such as Gen. Colin Powell, best selling author Patrick Lencioni (one…

Today was the annual trip to get our eyes examined. Janet and I try to go together each year because sometimes we get new glasses and we weigh in on frames for one another. It's become something of a ritual…

Well, today is August 5th and the Indianapolis Public School system started the new school year this morning. They must be kidding - August is barely here and already the kids are back for another year in class. In fact,…

This week, Janet and I attended church and witnessed 9 baptisms during the service we attended. If my math is correct, the program listed a total of 38 people who made the commitment this week-end, during 4 services, to demonstrate…

In the last week or so, I have heard two outstanding sermons on following Jesus. And I mean outstanding. The first one was from the pastor of a partner church that our home church interacts with in Nairobi and the…

I might as well say at the top of this post that we are talking about weight loss tonight. Almost four months ago, Janet decided that she wanted to lose a little weight - and I mean a little... Those…

I should say at the top of this post that I started out the wrong way with this post. Last Saturday evening, I had an idea and entered it into my iPad but then apparently published the title (Wrong Way…

I'm back from Evansville and Dallas this week. In fact, I am sitting in my own chair, with Janet across the room from me, and I am just chilling out. Like most weeks, this one has been busy. It's odd…

It's been another one of those weird days. I feel good, but I have been bombarded with another round of stuff that just is in conflict with a God centered existence. And it's been one of those days where I…