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Remember Jeremy Lin? This undrafted, unheralded, 6’3″ Asian-American put the sputtering New York Knicks on his rookie shoulders and took the NBA by storm back in February. Gushing headlines about the 23-year-old Harvard grad consumed one of the few industries where being a Harvard grad puts you behind, not ahead. His 38-point, 7-assist explosion (a) against […]
February 10, 2012
In the five days since my New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in dramatic fashion in Super Bowl LXVI, the drama hasn’t stopped — it’s just moved outside the lines: receiver Wes Welker’s distraught and courageous postgame interview after dropping the game-sealing pass in the fourth quarter; tight end Rob Gronkowski’s much-publicized afterparty dancing only hours after the […]
August 1, 2011
This past Thursday, July 28, Hope and Homes for Children (HHC) along with the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF) in Rwanda met to advance the Deinstitutionalization Project. The project aims to establish “a network to prevent new entries of children in orphanages and support the move of children in the birth families, extended […]
June 2, 2011
“Why People Stick by Scandal-Plagued Pastors” by CNN’s John Blake is a brief foray into the blind loyalty that many knowing parishioners maintain toward their scandalized pastors. Sue Thompson, a public speaker herself, has been burned before. She explains that followers often build a “spiritual firewall” around their pastors so that reasonable suspicions and legitimate […]
June 1, 2011
Jim Tressel, long-revered coach and field general of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program, resigned on Monday after a lengthy saga of unraveling details regarding NCAA violations. Time and truth go hand in hand, so the sporting world must wait, as it often must, for the full revelation. I’m nauseated by those who turn every […]
September 15, 2010
Yesterday afternoon former USC running back and 2005 Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush took the unprecedented step of forfeiting the award for the best college football player of the season and returning the trophy to the Heisman Trust. I can still picture some of his spell-binding runs during that captivating year that culminated in the […]
May 25, 2008
Our life is full of transitions right now. At times we feel a bit like Doctor Doolittle’s Pushmi-Pullyu, though in the same breath I must say that we also feel uniquely blessed by the multiplicity of opportunities the Lord has given us. With everything going on, we would be grateful if you would pray that the Lord […]
May 9, 2008
From Baptist Bible Seminary yesterday: Congratulations! I am very excited to inform you that the Ph.D. Admissions Committee has granted approval for you to enter the Skills Assessment Phase of the Doctor of Philosophy degree program at Baptist Bible Seminary. You have embarked on a potentially life-changing experience! Assuming I pass the four entrance exams […]
October 21, 2007
Some may be wondering about the wildfires in Southern California and if Santa Clarita and TMC have been affected. The strong Santa Ana winds are driving numerous fires out of control as they often do in SoCal. As I write this on Sunday at 10:30pm PST, the closest fires to TMC and our extension-campus dorm are in Canyon […]
July 10, 2007
On Tuesday, through another wave of obstacles as unbelievable as they were new, God gave us Judah’s passport. I honestly just sit and shake my head in disbelief (at the roadblocks) and amazement (at God’s providence) when I talk to Cindi at the end of each Ugandan day. When she found out at the end of the […]
June 29, 2007
You’ll have to read the previous few updates (at least the last one from earlier this morning) to fully appreciate this one. We received some amazing news this morning that might not be so amazing if it weren’t for the news we’d received throughout the last week. Actually, it would be amazing either way because of the […]
June 19, 2007
We found out this morning that the judge wrote a positive ruling for Judah on Friday, June 15! We were aware that he had written positive rulings for the Anderson’s and the Pari’s, but the package containing those two rulings had not been opened yet because the orphanage administrator who handles them was sick. When she […]
May 22, 2007
Because we serve in a dorm at a Christian college, our summer activities are always quite different than our semester schedule. So for family and friends who might be interested and for those who like to pray with a schedule in mind, here are our tentative summer plans (including the past couple weeks): May 14-18: Biblical Ethics […]
May 8, 2007
Cindi returned home from Uganda on Monday morning. I picked her up from LAX around 11:00am and we spent much of the day together. Obviously it was difficult for her to leave Judah, but she’s glad to be home. Some missionaries named the Bissets invited her to stay in their home for the last two […]
April 25, 2007
Cindi called me around 3:00am today to tell me the outcome of her court appearance. The judge heard both our case and the Littleton’s case, which is very good news, but he said that he would give his ruling on Wednesday, June 5. He didn’t say what that ruling would be or why it’s being […]
April 18, 2007
Here are a few details and thoughts from the last few days. I would try to write a full post, paragraph style, but that always takes longer. Olivia Tatlock turned one two days ago – Monday, April 16. I took a motor boda into town, got a piece of apple-cinnamon cake, and brought it back to the baby home. […]
May 30, 2012
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