Yesterday was Christmas Day in Belarus but it wasn’t very peaceful. A friend of mine in the country emailed me: “19 people were arrested and now are suspected in organising and implementing mass riots (this from 5 to 15 years in prison), about 700 people from the protesters and some accidental people are now in prison for…
Read MoreHappy Christmas everyone
Last year we celebrated Christmas in Portugal. Its hard to believe that our family has been in 25 countries since then. And now we are all in Portland Oregon, USA for Christmas with the relatives. Its been 10 years since our kids have shared a Christmas with their grandparents and cousins and Aunties and Uncles.…
Read MoreClose to 2 weeks without blogging and it feels GREAT. Consider it a Christmas break while I retool for the next year, as well as a highly intensive people period as our family spends Christmas in Portland Oregon with relatives.
Read MoreGod Came Near [Advent Synchroblog Post]
God came near. This is my contribution for today's Advent Synchroblog. Take a look around and see what other bloggers have contributed. I took the photo of the ladder [minus the words] in Spain earlier this year, outside the Theatre-Museum of Salvador Dali. Ladders [and stairways] feature prominently in surrealist art and I was exploring…
Read MoreUPDATE: Dec 8th event now at Horse Brass. Portland, OR
UPDATE: Organizer Tim Westcott has changed the venue. We will now meet at the Horse Brass at 6:30, Wednesday, Dec 8th. What really funny is that I used to go to the Horse Brass almost every lunchtime when I was a student at Western Seminary in the 80’s. I even used to pray that God…
Read MoreChristmas Aggregations
Its the most wonderful time of the year, when bloggers get into the spirit by creating Christmas collections of related thoughts, responses, poems, images, and whatever is worth aggregating. Here is the beginning of my list. Can you help me out by suggesting some more Christmas Aggregations? 1. Simon Jenkins is compiling a collection of…
Read MoreTheo: New Animation for Kids
The Facebook page for Theo already has 10,000 likes so I know this is going to be BIG! Our family had a sneak preview for Theo Presents, a new animation for children that is designed to teach them about God. Our youngest daughter, TJ, watched the episode on forgiveness twice and today she was showing…
Read MoreSpeaking on West Coast, USA
We are happy to be on the West Coast of USA, having driven our Brady Bunch wagon all the way over from the East Coast. The West Coast is home for us in many ways . . . It’s where Debbie and I were married (Fullerton), had our first child (Portland) and fixed up our…
Read MoreAdvent Resources for your Advent[ure]
As usual, Jonny Baker is the blogger with the resources to create an Advent[ure] to remember, including an animated parable of the Lost Son. And i-church have an online Advent calender. Adventure: Dictionary defintion: adventkra what must happen, fem. (orig. neut. pl.) of L adventkrus fut. participle of adven+re to arrive. See advent Wikipedia definition:…
Read MoreTop 10 Jesus Images
When people look for an image of Jesus on Google's search engine, this is what they find. I hope international viewers are not taking them too seriously. Here are the Top 10 Google image results for "Jesus". 1. The Number 1 image is from a Choose your Jesus poll and the Buddy Christ from the…
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