Do You See The Glory?

I’ll admit that I really like the old classic sitcoms, even though I’ve seen all of them about a dozen times. But I’ve noticed recently that the days of good comedy are just about gone. Good sitcoms with quality writing are on the verge of extinction, if it’s not already too late. [...]

I just love it when athlete’s tell the truth. It’s always much more interesting then the “we just take it 1 game at a time” cliches. Jared Lorenzen is battling for the 3rd string QB this preseason for the Indianapolis Colts. Of course Peyton Manning is the starter and his long time, [...]

Sounds like a # for a Cal Rip games played streak. Not exactly, he played 2632 games in a row. By the way, Cal’s birthday was yesterday. Happy Birthday Cal! Today was Jaxon’s first day of Kindergarten! And at 180 school days in a year, for the next 13 years, [...]

Just some random notes on the Beijing Olympics.
Adam Nelson was one of the favorites to win Gold for the US in the shotput. Instead he fouls on all 3 of his attempts and never even gets the metal ball into the grass for a measurement. What a disappointment that must be. It’s [...]

Have you ever Google’d yourself?  If not, try it, it’s fun.  I just got a good laugh by checking out www.RustyDavis.com.  I can’t really explain it.  But it’s clearly not me.  How many other Rusty Davis’ could be out there?  Obviously there are a lot.

I don’t remember exactly when I started, but it was probably about the time Jaxon (my now 5 year old son) began to talk, I would ask him at just random times “Do You Know What?” And of course he would always say, “What?” And my response would always be, “I am SO [...]

The US has never even come close to medaling in ping pong.  To be brutally honest, they have a difficult enough time just qualifying somebody to participate. I was watching the US women’s ping pong team the other night, and it wasn’t until about half way through the match that I realized I was [...]

Q: Who Alone Can Calm a Raging Storm?
Having grown up in church, I know this answer. Pick me! Pick me!!!
A: JESUS!!!!
Sorry sir, that is incorrect. Now there are 2 entities that can calm a raging storm: Jesus AND China. And Ironically, the Chinese do not believe in Jesus, and yet they [...]

Remember when your momma always told you cheaters never win (well, unless she was a cheater too)? That philosophy held true in the Superbowl this year. But I’ve found one Olympic sport in which this adage falls apart. It’s quite possibly the dumbest competitive sport ever, and I watched it last night [...]

I really like the lesser known sports in the Olympics. When else are you going to see a fencing match? Or to be more accurate, it was the Women’s Saber competition that I was watching. If you haven’t seen these ladies, they wear a tin foil suit, which looks very uncomfortable. [...]

I love the Olympics. If they had a 24-hour Olympics channel, I’d have it. Maybe I already do, since I’m sitting here at 2am watching women’s field hockey. To be honest, I didn’t even know we had a women’s field hockey team. To be even more honest, I didn’t even [...]

I’m reading the book “FACEDOWN” by Matt Redman. It’s a very interesting read. Here’s the opening paragraphs, and a few other notes from Chapter 1.
When we face up to the glory of God, we soon find ourselves facedown in worship. To worship facedown is the ultimate outward sign of inner reverence.
Every posture [...]

Note’s from Matt Redman’s “FACEDOWN”.
In the 17th century, Richard Sibbes encouraged worshippers everywhere to “take whole Christ” and not to “divide Lord from Jesus, and so make a Christ of their own.” When we encounter the whole Christ, we find an incredible mix of power and patience, glory and grace. One way to gain a [...]

We just returned back from a vacation to Florida to see Beth’s parents.  They live in Eustis which is about an hour NE of Orlando.  We really enjoyed it.  We spent 1 night with Beth’s parents and the next 2 nights in a condo on Daytona Beach.  Jaxon loved the ocean, and our hotel pool [...]

More note’s from Matt Redman’s, “The Unquenchable Worshipper.”
When we are going out to eat with friends, how much time do we spend getting ready, cleaning up, getting dressed, etc.? How much more should we prepare our hearts when we come to worship almighty God? Do we need to take a bit more care [...]

When you are reading the bible, do you ever say to yourself, “So What?” If not, maybe you should try it. I think it’s a very important question to ask about the bible, quite possibly the most important question you could ask. You see, most of us have heard just about every [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the difference between conservative praise & worship church’s that are stiff and emotionless, and charismatic churches that are celebratory and emotional. I’m coming to realize that they are both on the opposite ends of the spectrum and both are really missing the mark. Here’s a great [...]

I know, Kind of an open-ended question. Uh.. sure we do. All the time. But I guess what I’m really wondering is do we lie to God in some of the songs we are singing to him. How about this song, that our previous church used to sing, both in youth [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about passion lately. The first thing I learned is that I have a lot of questions.

How would I define passion?
Does everybody have a passion?
Can we have multiple passions?
Why do some people not seem to have any passions?
How do we find our passion?
Can we create a passion within us, or [...]