New poem, Once Upon a Morning Sunrise.

It seems as though archeological evidence has been found for the existence of Jesus Christ. An ossuary, a stone box that holds the remains of someone after death, was found with the enscription, ‘James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus’. The ossuary was dated to the same time period that James, leader of the Jeruselem church, died. This find has some small importance in that if true, it clears up a matter of difference between protestant and catholic doctrine. The Catholic church teaches the perpetual virginity of Mary, and claims that when the Bible refers to James as the brother…

Sometimes I just feel old, in the manner of one who has just begun to accrue enough memories to enjoy looking back on them. I have recently found myself thinking about my history, the things that I loved most. It gave me pause yesterday, when I remembered a day some years ago, perhaps three or four, when on a wednesday evening I went to the prayer meeting we have at our church each week. Walking in the door, Jonanna, two years old at the time, ran up to me and jumped into my arms. She paused and just looked at…

The September 2002 Photo Essay pics are up.

New poem, When Upon Life Dreary. Inspired by Psalm 16:9 and Zephaniah 3:17 and a good friend.

And the debate continues over at Rhesa’s Tag Board. Urquhart has responded to my argument. how fun… update: I just want to make clear why I wrote my post. It seems that I was missunderstood. Buffy is a side issue here, the real issue is the integrity of Christians. The philosophy that Buffy conveys is antithetical to the philosophy taught in scripture. If a christian attempts to defend Buffy, he puts himself at odds with his beliefs.

In a recent post to the tag-board on creative slips, Urquhart defends Rhesa in her position that Buffy is a decent show to watch. The post,posted on 10.16.02 and prompted by a Christianity Today article, notes that Rhesa doesn’t consider the show all that bad and thus defends her position that watching it isn’t really wrong. The article by Christianity Today takes the same position, pointing out the relevant subject matter and good writing of the show, and the overall decent moral themes presented. All that said, here are my objections. To properly understand my objection to the position that…

A big thanks goes out to the staff at Busch Stadium who graciously helped me with the Chasing Hats Photo Essay. The young lady, Jenny I think her name was, escorted me about the stadium while I took pictures of the hat.

My neice Amie is five years old today. Happy Birthday Amie! God made you wonderful. I wrote you a poem to commemorate. Birthday Fun! Birthday wishes and Birthday fun Friends and family and time to run And play all day till mommy makes Your Birthday food and Birthday cakes

New Poem, Fall Season Color.

I think we should all harrass paul a little bit… cause he doesn’t update his blog very often. *grin*

New poem, Day Star inspired by 2 Peter 1:19.

As I mentioned earlier, this last weekend I went to a conference in Lincoln IL. The theme of the conference was, ‘Lest We Forget’. There were several presentations given in respect for our military and those men and women who have through the years been hero’s of our faith. The speaker, Dr. David Gibbs spoke to us during three messages. The first message spoke to me most, and here are my notes from that evening. Message One: Psalm 1 A blessed man does three things, He walks not after the council of the ungodly. This ungodly council is anything that…

This weekend I went to a youth conference, and heard Dr. David Gibbs, a lawyer with the The Christian Law Association. The conference was fantastic, and I’ll post more about it tomorrow. For those who would like to know where I got my derby, a little hat store on the Delmar Loop called Hats N Stuff sells them. The address is 6604 Delmar Blvd, St Louis, MO 63130, Phone: (314)727-5255. Map to the store.

I recently bought a derby, for a photo project I am working on. Look for it to be showcased on Chasing Hats in november. It’s a fun hat, so I wore it to work a couple days ago. It was the source of a bit of fun and some amusement, and Joe took a photo of it for me. So here it is…

New poem, The Heart and Strength of Man.

Apparently, some irresponsible news organization leaked information about the sniper shootings in Maryland, and now Chief Moose is justifiably angry about it. So what is it about the media that makes them think they have no personal responsibility to respect the wishes of law enforcement? Have we become so concerned with ourselves and our bottom line that we don’t care about the consequences of our actions?

On the difference between poetry and prose I have often wondered. The esteemed Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch has, in my opinion, deftly declared the gap that seperates the two forms of writing. The fascination is in the reading, and to that I leave you herewith.

Usability information like this is invaluable if your a designer. After surfing for a while I came up with these sites that might be useful if your a home grown designer who hasn’t had the benifit of training in this area. IBM’s Design Basics IBM’s introduction to the three design models IBM’s web guidlines Just in case you were curious…

New Photos, the August 2002 Photo Essay set. I know, I know… they’re late. *hangs head in shame*