Weblog » Archives » June 2004

  • It's a beautiful day, July 4th is coming and God is good.

  • What cause is worth putting aside personal license*? Victoria asked a really, really good question on Romans 14:14 today leading me to reflect on something I've been thinking about for a couple of months. A Christian…

  • Kathy and I speak (briefly) at Grace Community Church in Tualatin this morning and then head up to Bremerton for Chris and Bethany's big graduation party. Dr.'s appointments and meetings bring us back tomorrow night. H…

  • Dick Foth Last night at Oregon's Family Camp Kathy and I enjoyed one of our favorite speakers, Dick Foth. Dick has been a university pastor at Champaign-Urbana, president of our kids' alma mater Bethany College and mos…

  • Hello everyone-- After driving more than 5000 miles round-trip, we arrived home safely Thursday morning. Our tradition initiated last year was completed again as we adjusted our route to include a day wandering throu…

  • This afternoon we spent a bit of time with our great friend Mike D. also known to our kids in their younger years as "Uncle Mike". I won't tell you where we were here since Mike mentioned he noticed a certain patter…

  • Spent a rough night after something didn't sit right with me probably from lunch. Now trying to get some sleep. We had a big severe thunderstorm pass right over me this a.m. waking me up-- it kind of disolved and disa…

  • Quick entry to say I had a down day (as in rest day). We did take our group out to Indian food for lunch. The local place was really good, though Alec says it doesn't measure up to Swagat (specifically the NW 21st rest…

  • We are now back at Springfield after a couple of days at Carbondale, Illinois. Friday, I drove 5 hours to speak for the Southern Illinois University Chi Alpha group. As I passed through St. Louis radio stations were al…

  • Passage to Springfield Hello everyone! We arrived safely at Springfield, MO this afternoon. I have to admit the road didn't get any shorter this year. We left Portland Tuesday evening with a great send off from our Po…

  • Okay, we're gone! See you in a day or three...!

  • This evening at about 7PM we're leaving for Missouri. 24 hours driving via Boise, Ogden and Cheyenne. My plan today is to go back to bed around 12 noon and sleep the afternoon as much as I can so I can handle most of th…

  • I am indeed feeling better... Sometimes its not too much fun to grow older. The thing is, you (or at least I) usually almost always think of yourself- or mentally see yourself at a certain age. I suppose that might be c…

  • Today is Portland State's graduation. Congrats to Chi Alpha grads--Matt, Ian, Steve and Sarah. Also congrats to a host of our Indian and international friends-- Dinesh, Girish just to name a few. This week has been …

  • I have to apologize for suffering from a lack or creativity writing this week. Kathy's also had the great photos on her site, so I've just let her speak for both of us. We had the building inspector come by today. That …

  • Road trip coming next week... Today my day was spent planning our road trip to Reach the U Inst at Springfield, MO next week. We'll be leaving Tuesday night in the minivan, driving all night and the next day to settle …

  • Restaurant review-- Trufflehunter, Gresham, Oregon ...They're back & better than ever! A few months ago we visited Trufflehunter, a popular sandwich shop in Gresham, Oregon (225 West Powell Blvd, next to the Gresha…

  • Another Saturday work day Today we a group of 14 from our house, our church University & Young Professionals ministry, a few of the men's ministry group and Chi Alpha students spent the day doing major landscape wor…

  • Hi everyone-- Okay, okay, okay... I've had a few expressions of lostness from my Xanga following since I haven't posted for a few days. Sorry about that. I've felt so swamped with stuff going on since we were in Vict…

  • Hanging out in BC Hey everyone, Kathy and I are in Vancouver BC. Sunday night we drove to Seattle staying at a really nice place in the heart of downtown. Monday morning we had a nostalgic breakfast at 13 Coins, a pla…