5:53 PM Nice little serendipity … As I was taking my bike out of the garage to start my ride, Ron Feley happened to drive by. His wife Jackie goes in to Loyola Hospital tomorrow morning for breast cancer surgery. Ron and I talked for a while and then we prayed together. His faith is strong—As he said in his pra…
11:15 PM Renovation Update: The office/classroom area is basically finished. Today they started painting lines on the gym floor for basketball, volleyball and the Awana circle. The nursery is nearly finished. They still have some work to do in the portico. If we get the go-ahead from the village inspectors, we hope to use t…
Many people want to know, “what are the signs of the end?” All a person needs to do is glance at news headlines in order to see
that we live in tumultuous times. So when I came across an email titled “Five Signs of the End Times in 2003”, I was curious to
see one man’s perspective.
11:39 PM Hard for me to believe anyone still thinks Jason White is a better quarterback than Eli Manning. 11:36 PM For some reason, I thought I could go for a bike ride this afternoon—in the snowstorm. My new road bike thought this was a very bad idea and won the argument after exactly one block. I used to go riding i…
2:34 PM I just took the blogaholic test and scored 60 out of 100. Explanation: “You are a dedicated weblogger. You post frequently because you enjoy weblogging a lot, yet you still manage to have a social life. You’re the best kind of weblogger. Way to go.” 2:12 PM Mark Glaser says that weblogs are here to stay. Linda K…
1:18 PM Just heard from Phyllis Raad that Minnie Fahler died this morning at her daughter’s home in Pennsylvania. Minnie had been part of our church for almost sixty years. Every Sunday I would stop and say hi to Minnie and Shirley Banta and Helen Scharama and Gloria Ahlenius before the start of traditional worship service….
11:36 PM Before I forget, how ’bout those Rebels? Lots of cheering at our house, and a big sigh of relief when the game was over. For those who didn’t watch the Cotton Bowl, Ole Miss beat Oklahoma State 31-28. Sorry to see Eli Manning graduate. It’s a matter of family tradition with me. My father taught me to love the Ole M…
10:22 PM I just calculated that I wrote over 300,000 words in 2003. That counts sermons, back pages, articles, weblog entries, and one book manuscript. John Derbyshire did a similar calculation and concluded that he “beat the King James Bible” in 2003. He adds this insight: “The depressing thing about writing columns …
11:37 PM Cotton Bowl countdown: 37 hours, 23 minutes. 11:35 PM The house is empty again. Nick and John Mark and Caleb are at a party in Elmhurst. Josh and Mark and Dave McKee went bowling and then downtown. So it’s Marlene and me. We had some some sparkling cranberry juice that curled my hair. She went to bed and I’m going …
1:02 PM Really big renovation news: The permanent surface in the gym is being installed as I type these words. A few minutes ago Marlene and I walked into the gym and tested out the surface. It’s a permanent finish called “Mondo” that has a soft, rubbery feel that will be excellent for basketball and volleyball. It’s al…