I like you, really I do. Even though we have never met, and the only time I have smelled you is when I hit my head running backwards in gym class, I still like you becuase as far as I can tell everything I think I am is contained in you. You are like my…
Read moreOn December 29, 2005 George Anthony Lutz II (Tony) was killed by a sniper’s bullet while he was on patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq. His family and friends endured the shock, emotional agony and overwhelming loss that accompanied the news of Tony’s death, just like the many families who have suffered the same tragedy. In the…
Read moreFor as long as I can remember, Heaven has always been a place. When I think about it I look up assuming it must be out there. I still have that pull when contemplating Heaven, the draw that it is somewhere up and out of this world. Exactly where, out there, I can’t be certain,…
Read moreSaturday we had our 22 week checkup on our baby girl. She is doing great, Mom is doing great, Dad is doing great and everything looks perfect. I am not sure if it is our age, losing our last baby, my sisters struggling with their pregnancies, or exactly what has changed, but whatever it is…
Read moreGod is good. I have my theories about why it took me the better part of a third of a century to realize, but nonetheless it is true He is. Not only is he good, He is also relentless. Many times in my life I have misunderstood His passion for vengeance, His love for rebuke,…
Read moreI have started reading a book by David C. Downing on C.S. Lewis. It is called Into The Region Of Awe: Mysticism In C. S. Lewis. I had no intention of reading about C.S. Lewis. I was lead to it while searching the library for a book on the Moravians. I may be going to…
Read moreToday has been a downer day. I can’t even put my finger on the exact cause but I feel very pessimistic about things today. Perhaps it is the realization that our country has given up on God and is determined to let fear of attack from “Radical Islam” determine our fate. Perhaps I have come…
Read moreWhat has Hillary ever done? What has Hillary ever done that makes you want to vote for her? Anyone? [edit] That’s what I was afraid of.
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Two years ago today we lost our third pregnancy. The events that followed were some of the most challenging of my life. Here is the email from the day after: Family, I have some bad news. Last night Julianne went into the hospital with severe abdominal pain and had an emergency laparoscopy surgery to remove…
Read moreRumor has it that Rudy will bow out soon, leaving only four choices for the Republican Party. As this campaign rolls on, Huckabee gives up, it will boil down to the media darling and NeoConservative McCain and the Democrat-Lite Romney and the pro-life, pro-guns, pro-liberty, pro-Republic, pro-limited government, pro-family, pro-freedom Ron Paul. There has only…
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