As both a preacher and a songwriter, I’m embarrassed to admit I never heard Woody Guthrie’s great song “Jesus Christ,” until I watched the credits of Michael Moore’s latest movie last night. Well, better late than never, I suppose. What struck me about it was how completely and totally consistent it is with much of […]

Maybe it’s that I’m getting great sleep. Maybe it’s that I’m getting *enough* sleep. Maybe it’s the Temperpedic bed here at the lake. Whatever’s happening, I’ve been having some really amazing dreams the past few days. I won’t go into all of them here. But sufficed to say, I like dreaming. And I like having […]

Tom says work at the house went well today. Good reports from our house sitter when she returned this evening too. Meanwhile, here at the lake, things are good too. We went into Tyler, mainly to see the zoo, today. Big fun with that. Then, for dinner, we found Tyler’s branch of the muy delicioso […]

Lot’s I could count as today’s “daily grat.” But I think I settle for this: This was the scene on the porch just a while ago here, and it needs no further explanation, except “Thank You.” (During this year, my goal is to find something new to be thankful for every single day, and to […]

I feel hopelessly behind in “Daily Grats.” I’ve got a lot written, but not a lot actually put out here. I’ll try to catch up as possible. Mom and Dad were here at the lakehouse yesterday, because Dad had to be at a board meeting yesterday; so last night, we all went over the Moore’s […]

It’s Spring Break week, and even with all the crap having to do with our break-in, we’re going ahead with our plans to be gone. We’re headed to the lakehouse, and taking Maria’s friend Caroline with us She also happens to be the daughter of friends I’ve known since we were about their age. It’s […]

Tonight, we spent some time at the Garland Special Events Center for a Regional Science Fair display. We were there because Maria, and her friends Britney and Peyton, won the Grand Prize at Prestonwood’s Science Fair, advancing them to this regional event. As you can see from the picture, their project was titled “What Solvent […]

My daily grat for today will be Charles D, one of our Northaven members, who had surgery today. The surgery of a church member seems like a bizarre daily gratitude. But I think it will make sense in a moment. See, we had something really crappy happen last night. We were broken into. Somewhere between […]