The family and I are taking a road trip tomorrow to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley. We're going with another family and spending the night. I had the opportunity a few months ago to go with a friend and it was a great experience. The view alone is worth the price of admission.Hannah was reading about Reagan this morning and said, "Hey Dad, Ronald Reagan was born in Illinois, just like you were. And he moved to California, just like you did. But then he became President." My response -- give me about 30 more years and I'll be ready.This may be our last road trip for a while. On Monday, I start my new position with Blue Haven Pools as the web designer for their ecommerce division (www.shopbluehaven.com). The parent company is a big $_ _ _ million company that has been around for decades; the…
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I normally don't pass along other websites too often but here is one I discovered this morning. The journey began while researching videos to use at church. But in the great spirit of the internet, I stumbled upon this:http://www.thebuddygroup.comYou must choose the Flash version to really, really enjoy it.
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Thursday morning I decided to try something a little different during my morning prayer. I decided to list one hundred things that I was thankful for that day – not tomorrow or the day before, but right then. It was interesting to begin thinking about what I am grateful for and to appreciate little things that often are taken for granted. What would be on your top 100 list ... right now?
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Starting in August, we will be spending the remainder of the year at LifePoint exploring the life of Jesus. One of the messages I will be teaching in August is about Jesus' mission as expressed in Luke 4:18-19. So, in the spirit of the Internet, I went in search of funny -- but true -- mission statements. Along the way, I found this:Dilbert's Automatic Mission Statement GeneratorGive it try ... you might recognize one or two.
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Our daughter, Hope, is enrolled this week at a Vacation Bible School at a church that will remain anonymous. All I can say is that it is here in San Diego, it's big, and it's Baptist. And it may not take a college degree to figure out which one.Well, we decided to purchase a t-shirt that relates to VBS. My wife happened to notice a rather unfortunate typo -- one a spell checker wouldn't catch but maybe a theological checker might have.Here is the shirt ...Click any of the images to view a larger image.
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