Driven by Purpose, Passion, and Presence
I wrote my last “purpose” entry for this blog on November 3, 2008.  Since then, I’ve learned a lot about blogging, life and God (I hope), and I thought I should update it a bit.  Many parts remain essentially the same, but this being my 305th post, I have a little clearer picture of what I want to do so I thought I would share it with you and solicit some feedback. So the title of this post refers to both myself and this blog (which of course is an extension of me).  I know I have a purpose, God continues to purify and focus my passions, and I hunger for His presence.  I’ve found that in writing, overwhel

Light Friday Hit List (11/20/09)
What a week! There was no shortage of needing God’s grace, and He supplies every time. I am very thankful… Keep reading for some of my favorites from this week. Oh and you may notice I’m not using the same categories like I have in the past. You may have noticed that I like to change things up, but I also liked the way Tyler Stanton does  "favorites" posts on his blog so I’ve stolen adopted his free-form approach. Hope you enjoy… Favorite Funny/Sad/Stra

Why It's a Good Day
This is a calendar of our weather here in Juneau, AK. It's a little hard to see, but you should be able to make out that our city enjoys lots of clouds.  Here recently we’ve also had the opportunity to get used to lots of snow (which I think is beautiful but a lot of work with all the shoveling, driving slowly, on and on).

No Take-backs
I’ve been asking God for more.  You know, the good-intentioned prayers where we say, “Lord, I want to go deeper and know You more.  What I’ve experienced is not enough.” It’s sort of like when we sing those songs in church about the wonderful cross and “make me like Jesus.”  We smile and sing our hearts out sometimes forgetting that the cross where our redemption was purchased is also where my life ended and His began in me.  And if I want to be like Jesus, I’ll endure and overcome every evil thing with love and forgiveness, lay

Community is Impossible
Today I’m participating in a blog carnival about “Community” started by Bridget Chumbley and Peter Pollock. This time it’s hosted by Bridget as well.  Go check out all the great entries here! Community has many connotations and applies to many different things.  It seems that where