Taking Real Advice

I’ve been back in the US the past two weeks, and among the highlights has been getting to go to bookstores. Call me old fashioned, but I still prefer a paper book to an e-book, and the selection of English books in Nicaragua tends to be slim (and it takes me...

Never Ending Christmas

Christmas at my house has a shelf life of about two days. Christmas day is full of excitement, as our young children are often out of bed and bubbling over with excitement around 4:30am (new rule: no waking up mom and dad before 6:30am, or there will be no presents!)....

Prepping for Christmas

Recently I’ve reflected on some of the big things I’ve prepared myself for in my life. In college I had to write and defend a senior thesis, which I started the first day of classes, and poured myself into until the day I defended it. I read over 20 books,...

Special Access?

I used to help organize an event featuring a major Christian recording artist. Every year I would have many people pleading with me for special access to this famous individual. When I would explain that was not possible, as the artist’s contract was very specific on...

Getting Rid of Jesus

I had a surreal experience this week. I spent roughly 15 minutes getting rid of Jesus. Yep, you read that write. We recently purchased a truck that had a giant sticker of a crucified Jesus on the back window. While I’m not a sticker guy, and I was not the biggest fan...