Take Part in Our Democracy

Just a reminder that many men and women have made great sacrifices to ensure our right to participate in Democracy and vote tommorrow. Even in non-presidential years every vote is an important contribution to our process of governance.

We'll Call You Out

To Blog or Not to Blog

I keep realizing how much I want to utilize my blog. Yet time continues to be my enemy. I feel frustrated because I think that if I am not posting every day its not worth it. I think i am realizing that I can post whenever I get around to it or find something I want to share. That should help. Time for a new start... again ...

5 Easy Steps to Wreck Your Life

I'll be checking into this series form Lifechurch.tv

Random Thoughts ...

• I always think that it would be better if there were more hours in the day; I'd likely just make a mess of those as well


• Football season is almost here -- high school (my son is on the freshmen team), college (read Notre Dame), NFL.


• Hunting season is almost here -- Gotta get the gun cleaned up and sighted in, check the bow, get out and scout a bit.


• the last month has blew past me. General Conference, 4H, family camp made the time fly.


• I'm pretty excited about the way things are looking at work. A long way to go for our department but I think we are pointing the right direction.


• Gotta get the book reviews for the last two books I read finished


• I need to clean up my Bloglines account. Too many blogs and not the time to sift the material.


• staying focused is hard. so many distractions, so many good paths to choose.
• baseball season is always great. But it sure seems better when both the Sox and Cubs are battling for 1st place.
• we're so busy looking for our next "blessing" that we rarely notice how blessed we are
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The anticipation builds for Dekker fans ... Green is almost here

Something to Ponder ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done."

-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Something to Ponder ... Robert Orben

"Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch."
-- Robert Orben

Book Review - The Noticer by Andy Andrews

I finished my copy of The Noticer in just a few hours. That in no way indicates the truth and thought provocation within its pages. As with any good novel you are drawn in from the opening paragraphs. Unlike most novels, this is more than a good story. Andrews uses the story to disperse the truths about life that he has learned and passed along in various forms in his other works.

I can easily see this book being used in small groups, one on one accountability, and even as a way of personal reflection. I myself am planning on working through it with my teen aged sons. I see it becoming a good conversation starter. It's the kind of book that will make a great gift for birthdays, graduations, promotions, and any other life event.

The truths that Jones brings out in the lives of the other characters fit into all our lives at one time or another. I found my self pondering how these apply in my own life even as I continued to turn the pages. There are plenty of books to fill your time, this one is a keeper. Add it to your "to read" list and plan on getting your own copy. You wouldn't want to have to return it to the library when you are done.

Something to Ponder ... CS Lewis

"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, ''Thy will be done,'' and those to whom God says, ''All right, then, have it your way.''-- C. S. Lewis