Sermon Notes

“A good sermon should be like a woman’s skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.” ~ Ronald Knox The first step in sermon prep, after choosing a subject, is to create it in your mind and heart, and then splurge out the outline. I use a white board for…

Lego family

“People should learn how to play Lego with their minds. Concepts are building bricks” ~ Vitorino Ramos Some friends of ours like to really go for it on Halloween – here they are in their home made Lego outfits at our local Halloween fair. Of course, the teenager looks angry ;).

Sermon prep whiteboard

“The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, ‘What a lovely sermon!’ but ‘I will do something.’” ~ Billy Graham I preach once a month at my evangelical church. First major step, after choosing a subject, is to white board out my message. Here’s a part of the board from…

Negative sky

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can’t do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do. ~ Chuck Norris I typically don’t like putting these reverse images up, but the sky color on this one intrigued me.

Expensive macaroni art

The artist uses the talent he has, wishing he had more talent.  The talent uses the artist it has, wishing it had more artist.  ~ Robert Brault So, this ‘art’ was up along a hallway in the Burlington VT International Airport (BTV). This piece, about a foot on each side, was going for $150. Can…

Bird mural

This mural appears in the nursery of the Hunger Mountain Christian Church in Stowe, Vermont. What I like about it is, though obviously done by amateur artists, they strove for realism, using indigenous bird species.

Inspired art

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~ Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert) My 6 year-old daughter’s depiction of father and mother.

Art in everyday life

“What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.” ~ Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way After weeks of…

Ceiling fan pushing air

“The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” ~ Jesus, John 3:8 So, I was lazing in bed last night, realizing that I had not taken my daily pic.  Well,…

Arts and crafts – why?

“A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”  ~ Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote My wife and oldest daughter (6) went to a craft show today, and came back with this artful rendition of a small bird.  My mother would rightly categorize this thing as ‘something else to collect dust.’…

Why blogging takes so much time – templates

“Form follows function – that has been misunderstood.  Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.”  ~ Frank Lloyd Wright This picture is of Larry’s 365 site.  It looks better than mine – you know why?  It’s not just because he’s intelligent and good looking, it’s because he’s using WordPress, and I’m…