For the past two weeks my time has been almost completely taken up by our first annual Sacred Music Week. Based on similar events that have been organized in different cities around Brazil, the purpose of the even was to increase the musical knowledge and ability of the people within our churches. To this end…
Several years ago I wrote this short story, with the idea of shopping it around to publishers. I was unsuccessful at that, so here it is, for your enjoyment. If you like what you read, I’ve also written two books. Michael “One Bullet” Brandt licked his parched lips and scanned the street that stretched before…
In the previous post I mentioned a conference we attended last month. My friend Daniel took some amazing pictures of the event. Some of them were begging for a caption, so I produced this. To understand some of the captions, you should probably understand that the theme of the week was “Regular Baptist Dispensationalism”.
Many have been following the progress of the construction of our house via Facebook. I have decided to include a photoset here on the site, featuring the process from A to Z. I’ll keep adding pictures as time goes by.
So for three months this year I had a job working for a natural gas company in upstate New York. I am very grateful for the opportunity, and, what’s more, I found the job to be a lot of fun. It was different from pretty much every job I have ever had, and I actually…
Every five years or so our furlough travels take us through the little hamlet of Limestone, PA. Whenever we visit, I am flooded with memories of the five years I spent there as a child. This time, as I made my customary pilgrimage through ancient haunts, it struck me that, although I did not know…
I posted this everywhere when it dropped, but just realized that I never posted it here on the blog. For my parents’ anniversary this year, my brothers and I put together this arrangement of their favorite hymn, Day by Day. Enjoy. And, of course, the blooper reel: ____________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making…
This was not the post I had planned on writing today, and even now, as my fingers move, I can scarcely believe what I am seeing appear on the screen. As I was getting ready to teach an English class last night, the phone rang. It was a lady from our church, imploring me to…
The following is a letter I wrote to a teacher who marked my son off for using the word “Indian” in reference to the Navajos. She preferred the term “Native American” as “Indians live in India.” Greetings! This is in response to your note about my son’s use of the term “Indians” in his assignment….