So about these meetings…

I have started three blog posts about the extended meetings that we have been enjoying at IHOP-KC.  All three posts tried to explain the whole concept of Holy Spirit oriented meetings, healings, manifestations, etc., to the uninitiated.  All three posts turned out very wordy and excessively boring.
With the understanding that this will not be the final [...]

Your Attention(s) Please

The present dearth in blogging content is brought to you due to a weary laptop with a broken screen.  Thank you very much.

Lumberjack Angels

I’m enjoying a slow morning at The Compound.  At least, slow by our tribe’s standards.  Most of the kids are still asleep.  As I sit on a little wicker loveseat in our bedroom, I hear grandma in the kitchen talking to the twins, who are no doubt sitting in their high chairs dropping breakfast on [...]

It’s About Participation

Often times I hear from people who are moved by the message of adoption but are not in a place in life where adoption is an option.  They may have read something or heard Kelsey or I speak.  They end up feeling more condemned than encouraged…because it’s not possible for them to adopt at this [...]

Wheels of Faith

Thanks for everyone who’s expressed concern for (or shock that) I have been seen driving the mighty Montero.   Here’s how it all shook out.
While Mechanic #2 was unable to find the short in the wiring harness, he also found himself unable to recreate the problem after a few days of testing.  In other words, [...]

Farewell, Friend

It was a little before 11am central time when I got the message on my phone that a dear friend had passed away -  Charlie Matthews, pastor, husband, and father of two small children.
October 5th he checked into the hospital and was diagnosed with Adult Respiratory Distress syndrome.  Shortly thereafter he was placed on a [...]

Selecting an Adoption Agency

Recently I ran across a story on the Associated Press telling of a man who bilked 13 couples out of thousands of dollars in an adoption-oriented Ponzi scheme. Apparently, the man promised couples from New York, Georgia, Ohio, Texas and Florida that he could arrange adoptions. In reality, the babies never existed.
In twenty years in [...]

Feels like we’re under…

The blogging has been admittedly sparse the last two weeks, but it’s certainly not for lack of things to write about.  It’s actually got more to do with the lack of a quiet moment at the keyboard.  It’s after midnight as I write this, and my gut says our house has not seen the last [...]

Reasons Today Rocked

Without a doubt, today rocketh, for the reasons following.
The Zoe Foundation Calendars became available online and you can be the first in your cube farm to have one! These calendars feature adoptive families from IHOP-KC on every month.
Go to www.thezoefoundation.com and mash down on the buy-a-calendar tab at the top.  Follow the simple instructions [...]

A New Unscheduled Series

One thing I miss from the early days of blogging was the rough, 90 seconds from brain to blog style that I used for a long time.   Particularly 2002-2006, it was fairly rapid fire.
Back then, the blog was  titled “Stuff I Think”. If you surf the archives, you’ll find I thought a lot of stuff.  [...]