Steve | August 26, 2008
The Virgin Mary appears in tree bark. No kidding. It really is her! Read all about it in the Toronto Sun. It must be true.
The guy interviewed in the story is the neighbor of the tree (Mary’s neighbor!) and he doesn’t want a lot of people traipsing through to see it [...]
Steve | August 23, 2008
A week in Oceanside (Thanks Good Friends) is wrapping up. A lot of sitting, cycling, and just looking…
This is the view from PCH from my trusty old Cannondale
The trusty steed…
Oceanside Pier is a nice site at sunset and after dark, this is the view from our vacation studio on the beach.
Steve | August 18, 2008
The Good Life…Sunset on my bike ride from Saturday, Monday morning view at the beach.
Steve | August 9, 2008
This 13th century Christmas Hymn is a good example of marvelous lyrics with a timeless tune. This version, by Fernando Ortega, is really good. The video is not bad either, some of the connections are sketchy, but the opening and closing are good.
Take some weekend time to be silent before the Lord…
But the [...]
Steve | August 9, 2008
I always thought this would be the quintessential signing. Last year when he was chasing the home run record and all the talk was about how the Giants wouldn’t sign him, I suggested (but who would listen…what was I thinking?) that the Dodgers go out and get him. And now, here he sits. He said [...]
Steve | August 6, 2008
Here is a great book for your personal reading pleasure or for your small group or Sunday School class. Kathi Macias‘ book, Beyond Me, keys on part of the gospel’s impact on humanity; a movement past a focus on self to a focus on others.
Kathi writes well, she is engaging, well researched and provocative.
Kathi [...]
Steve | August 4, 2008
Aleksander Solzhenitsyn died yesterday.
I have such vivid memories of his remarkable accounts of suffering in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Gulag Archipelago. The Gulag has been noted as one of the most telling indictments of any government and he has been characterized as the most dominant writer of the 20th [...]
Steve | August 1, 2008
Here is another great song for your preparation for Sunday Worship: In Christ Alone by Stuart Townend and Keith Getty. I am posting three videos, one is the song with words underneath scenes from The Passion of the Christ. The second is an interview with Stuart and he plays and demonstrates some [...]
Steve | August 1, 2008
Over on Scotteriology you can place your vote for the worst preacher ever, today’s head to head is between Pat Robertson and John Crowder. Check out the brackets and cast your vote.
(No, you can’t vote for me…I did not make the cut)
