Best reads 2010

So far in 2010 I’ve read 55 books.  Some good, some bad.  More good than bad.  Here are the best . . . For improvement Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott. “A fierce conversation is one in which we come out from behind ourselves into the conversation and...

Random thanks giving

I am thankful for my climbing companions who will be summiting Cotopaxi with me in January (www.climb4kids.org). I am thankful for Terry Hunka and ChildReach ministries who continue to blaze frontline trails to care for children at risk in Ecuador and Peru. I am...

Lifemapping

This past week Julie and I spent several days in Boulder, Colorado with an amazing man named Pete Richardson.  We were specifically in Boulder for a very intense session of Lifemapping. After two nine hour days of looking at God’s work in our lives, discovering...

The “Blind Side” blind spot

Last night Julie and I watched “The Blind Side” with my parents and eleven year old daughter, Tabitha.  Although Julie and I had viewed it when it first came out at the theater, it was my parents’ and Tab’s first time to watch this...

Pirates

We had our Pirate and Princess weekend at RiverTree this past weekend.  Really a lot of fun.  Studied through Jesus’ words, “Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.”  Lots of kids and adults dressed as pirates and...