Dusty Baker’s boys came through for us last night, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals, and giving the Cubs a bit of space. Now the Cubs have to take care of Milwaukee before heading to St. Louis. In looking at the Cubs’ pitching rotation, I think Ted Lilly should take the mound Saturday in St. Louis […]
Last night I was doing some channel surfing. About 9:30, I grew tired of basketball, and hit the new channels. CNN had pre-empted Larry King to give coverage of Jeremiah Wright’s keynote address at a fund-raiser for the NAACP in Detroit.I was fascinated by the excerpts that I heard. I did not see the entire […]
Next Saturday, my son-in-law, Steve Robinett, and I will make a trip up to St. Louis to watch the Cubs play the St. Louis Cardinals. He has played in a fantasy baseball league for as long as I have known him, but I think if you were to pin him down, he is a Cardinal […]
I’ve just come back from a missions program at Crossroads Christian Church of Baxter Springs, KS. One of my students is an intern at the church, and put the program together. It was great. Shane Wood, of Institute for Christian Resources gave the message, and an excellent message on missions.I got home, and found out […]
My first cell phone was the standard Nokia phone (kind of like a brick) several years ago. I have had several different models over the years. They are getting smaller and smaller. I have used three different PDAs over the years. My first one was a Palm-based Handspring Visor that I used for a few […]
April 8 is a good day! I was baptized into Christ on April 8, 1962 (has it been that long?), and my daughter-in-law, Emily, was born on April 8.We are family! And we share a common birthday! Happy Birthday, Emily!
Lola Mitchell (our friend and long-time forwarding agent) sent me a note about the World’s Largest Swimming Pool, now certified by Guinness, which is located at a resort in Algarrobo, Chile. We used to go to summer camp near El Tabo, not too far south of Algarrobo, and used a vacation home of a friend […]
Our son Greg now has the distinction of being the Featured Filmmaker on SermonSpice.com. He has worked hard to produce a number of excellent short videos, both in English and in Spanish. Check it out here.Way to go, Greg!
On the eve of MLB’s season, both Karl Ravech and John Kruk of ESPN’s Baseball Tonight, picked the Cubs to win the World Series this year. Kruk picked the Cubs to beat the Cleveland Indians, and Ravech picked them to beat the Detroit Tigers. I would be happy with either one of those results. I […]