President Obama and the National Relational System

Reminder:  the posts at this blog do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the church where I serve as Pastor.
On Inauguration Day, I sat with my 5 year old son at home watching Barak Obama become the first African-American President of the United States.  While many of the President’s political policies do not reflect my [...]

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An Iraqi Thanksgiving

Check out the link below . . .
I’ll reserve any opinions on America’s operations in Iraq . . . but the link to Joe’s article below is provided in the interest of fairness as he is sharing a viewpoint on what is going on in Iraq that is virtually nonexistent in the mainstream media.
 
 
http://www.nationalcenter.org/2008/11/from-operation-iraqi-freedom-have-done.html
I’m sure [...]

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The Giants, The Presidential Candidates and the Bible

A GIANT of a win!  Eli Manning had the game winning pass last night, but the victory really belongs to Michael Strahan and the defense.  They did what no other team has done all season and held the Patriots to their lowest score of the entire season.  As Terry Bradshaw said to Strahan last night, [...]

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Can’t Politicians be more Creative?

WARNING:  what I am about to write will probably make me sound like just another uptight, evangelical Christian.  Oh well . . . so be it.
We elected a Governor in Kentucky last November, or at least that’s one way to look at it.  It may be more accurate to say that we unelected the sitting [...]

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Bill Hybels, Brittney Spears, Rick Warren and Other Thoughts

More arm-chair theology from my six year old . . . this morning on the way to school she decided that we should discuss the nature of the church.  Here was her thought:  “The church does not belong to my Dad (I’m a pastor).  It belongs only to God.  And people who are hurt and [...]

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“Going Green” and “Learning Contentment”?

This Sunday we will be in the second message in a two part series on finances and money here at GCF.  After dissecting the financial problem that most average Americans find themselves in this past week and talking about what a huge “change of heart” we need in regard to our finances, we will turn [...]

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Charlie Gibson at the Helm

Three cheers . . .
for Charles Gibson of ABC News.  It has been ages since I have seen a member of the mainstream media ask tough questions of candidates from both sides of the aisle.  I thought he handled himself brilliantly on Saturday night.  He went very tough on the Repubs on the issue of [...]

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Charlie Gibson at the Helm

Three cheers . . .
for Charles Gibson of ABC News.  It has been ages since I have seen a member of the mainstream media ask tough questions of candidates from both sides of the aisle.  I thought he handled himself brilliantly on Saturday night.  He went very tough on the Repubs on the issue of [...]

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An Irish Bookie and Barak Obama

Some random thoughts for this Monday Morning . . .
 I get up at around 5am each morning to spend time with the Father.  Kyra gets up at around 5.30am to do  the same thing.  Saturday mornings are the exception.  We try to sleep in (as late as Sydney and Max will let us) on Saturdays.  [...]

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Today in Iowa

I am setting in my office; looking out on a beautiful seven acres that is lightly dusted with snow.  As much as I like Spring and Summer, the scene is too beautiful not to enjoy.  The space heater under my desk is making this blast of frigid air more tolerable.
I am in Kentucky.  May will [...]

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