After reading Erwin McManus’ Wide Awake (my review), I dove into Mark Batterson’s Wild Goose Chase. I was looking forward to reading this because I really got a lot from Batterson’s first book, In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day.
The first couple chapters struck me as being a little derivative of Wild […]

We went to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro this weekend and had a great time. Beyond seeing all the animals, we learned a lot about how to make a trip to the NC Zoo great, especially with kids involved.
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Admission to the zoo is pretty reasonable ($10 for adults and $6 for kids […]

I finished reading Erwin McManus’ new book, Wide Awake. Loved it. The book’s thesis:
What you expect from yourself and your life has a direct effect on what you will get out of life. How you imagine yourself and your future has a huge effect on what actually happens. Creating the life of your dreams begins […]

Amazon MP3 is my favorite place to BUY music (good prices and no DRM), but iTunes is a much better place to FIND music.
Ironic.
Because it used to be that iTunes was my place to BUY music (99c per single instead of having to buy a whole CD), but a record store was the better place […]

From CS Lewis’ Mere Christianity:
The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began. Other vices may sometimes bring people together: you may find good fellowship and jokes and friendliness among drunken people or unchaste people. But pride always means […]

Some good friends of ours decided they would move from Burlington to the Charlotte area.  When it was time to begin the process, he applied for jobs in his field, got an interview, and got a job.  Then they put their house on the market and sold their house.  The whole process (apply, interview, job […]

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