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Turkey and Thresholds

I hate doors.  It’s not a small hate, it’s a hate with capital letters: HATE.  

I mean, whose the first guy to think: “Hey, lets take a huge piece of wood and hang it over this opening by it’s side!”   

Well, let me pass on this word of wisdom: doors are never, [...]

The Package Has Been Sent

Many months ago I bought a plumbing toilet for the basement only to discover that it did not meet code. Since then, it has been sitting in my garage waiting for me to do something with it…

Finally I got up the nerve to post it on eBay (the packaging and shipping of the [...]

Belly Buttons and Michael Jackson

I was reading a BBC article about model Karolina Kurkova's lack of a belly button (the European "riddle of the £2.5m beauty"), when I saw the following quote from someone else who didn't have a belly button: "I thought about having one constructed when I was getting interested in girls, but not for long," [...]

Christian Muslims

One of the things God has been challenging me on is my definition of "Christian believer" – especially as it relates to believers from a Muslim background.

In case you have never heard, there is a movement among Islamic world that recognizes Jesus (or Isa) as Lord and Savior. However, these believers do not [...]

Stormbreaker: Alex Rider

Image you're 14 years old and you just lost your uncle in a car crash (your folks died when you were a baby). As you process the grief and shock of this newest death, you discover that everything you ever knew about your uncle was a lie.

Instead of being a banker, he [...]

Rethinking my role in the Kingdom of God

About ten years ago God placed a strong love for other cultures on my heart. As such, I have looked forward to serving God overseas in some way. Now, when you tell people that, the first question they usually ask is “where?” My normal response has been “planet earth.”

However, if you probed [...]

Travel Dramas

I’m back in the land of high speed internet. Much, much, much happiness!!!! 

Fun fact: did you know that the Boise Airport is the only airport that I’ve found to have free wi-fi? Probably cause its so small…

The return trip from Houston was a tad interesting…too interesting if you ask me. First, [...]

The Barking Dog

Live from Beaumont, Texas at the Barking Dog. Tis a good day to have a cup of java.

I'm down here visiting family while waiting for tomorrow to come. When it does, it brings a meeting about the Chilian Vineyard Churches and a plane flight back home. Till then – grap a latte and [...]

We’re not paid to pull weeds.

In Matthew 13, Jesus tells a story about a farmer who planted a field of wheat. In the middle of the night, his enemy came and scattered weed seeds among the freshly planted wheat.

When the farm help found out about the weeds, they came to the farmer and asked him if they [...]

Want to Buy Bluecastle.us? Got a Grand?

I was innocently reviewing a client’s trademark infringements when I stumbled across a site that ranks domain names. Curiosity arose from within and decided to see what it said about bluecastle.us. To my surprise, it came back with the following:

 

 Yelp. Bluecastle.us is worth $919.80 USD.  (umm…Bro? This doesn’t mean you get [...]