Hourly Budget
One way to look at money is time. They say "time is money" and that’s particularly true if you work at an …
How You Talk to Your Kids
I had a realization today – sometimes I catch myself, more or less, ordering my sons to do things. The word "ordering" …
January 3: Genesis – Flood
Today’s reading was all about the flood. As w/ all passages, many things invoke thought but what struck me today is how …
Junk For Sale
My current junk could be your future junk… make offer… any offer. I might even deliver. Own a piece of history with …
3 Crazy Things That are Hard to Believe
Three recent things that are powerful and, in a sense, have a lot in common… Icarus 1984 Bad Blood Icarus …
What Infects in New York, Stays in New York
I wrote this in an email to a friend and thought I’d share it. I told him earlier in the email how …
How to Have Faith
I often pray that God will give me peace, increase my faith, grant me joy and such things. My expectation is that …
Steamboat for a Year – Timelapse Images
I took a shot of Steamboat at the base of Mt. Werner each week for a year. I made a time-lapse of …
DIY Homemade Bed Cooling System
No need to explain the reasons for this. If you’ve found this site, you get it. I tried a couple routes first …
Evidence of God’s Love (Sermon)
Something our pastor said (Benchmark Bible Church) recently in a sermon made me want to do a message on just how much …
A Failure of Nerve (book) – Edwin Friedman
A Failure of Nerve by Edwin H. Friedman is an amazing book on leadership and personal growth in a way I wasn’t …
The Way, The Truth and The Life (Sermon)
Years ago I studied Greek and the best thing I got out of it was that it forced me to read slow …
Booples Milestone – Burning the Ships
I haven’t done any real work on Booples in a few years and my hard-drive was getting full. Unlike one school of …
Intervals of Thirds – 2 Key Things to Understanding
You may have heard of the circle of fifths. It’s a very useful and helpful way to memorize 4th and 5th intervals. …
SkySaver Backpack to Escape From a Building… or Fun!
I saw a video for SkySaver backpacks and they look like they could really save lives… or be a lot of fun …
Prevent Guitar Dehydration: 2 Products to Prevent
I had no idea I needed to prevent guitar dehydration until I took my guitar in to be setup. He recommended a slightly …
Best Clip-on Guitar Tuner – Snark Tuners – Quick, Good, Cheap
In the past, I’ve used a variety of tuners for guitars. I’ve even had a tuning fork at one point. That was …
5 Fingerstyle Picks Compared to Fingernails
I tried a variety of fingerstyle picks when learning fingerstyle guitar. People have opinions and recommendations and I wanted to find a …
Eyeballing – Putting Eyeball Stickers on Random Things
I went through a bit of a phase of eyeballing – putting eyeball stickers on signs and such. I’d hoped to come up …
2 Capos for Fingerstyle for Fast Changing
I’ve always been intimidated by capos… Well, I used to be intimidated by them. I tend to shy away from “complicated” things: …
7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Book) – Thoughts and Notes
This week I read 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (book) by Stephen R. Covey. What a great book with tons of insight …
5 Great Guitar Hand Stretches for Beginners and Others
I was reluctant to use guitar hand stretches before playing guitar. However, I noticed the more I played, the better I got, but …
3 Key Parts to The Tipping Point (book) by Malcolm Gladwell
After “David and Goliath” I wanted to read more Malcolm Gladwell books and quickly read “The Tipping Point.” The Tipping Point is a …
3 Thoughts on David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
I read “Outliers” a few years back and really enjoyed it. I’ve been meaning to read his other books and recently read …
Who am I? Our Identity In Christ (sermon)
I taught on Mother’s Day but ironically start out with a bit of a twist… Watch full video This is a sermon …
Homeschool Road Trip 2: Grand Canyon, California, etc.
We took our first homeschool road trip in the Fall (East US). The second one was in April and we went west …
Best Home Workout for Men Over 40
Best Home Workout for Men Over 40 Guest post by Ivii Clement from nutritioninspector.com: It is stereotypical to believe that being …
Worship: A Lifestyle in Spirit and Truth (sermon)
Date: 2/14/16 Title: Worship as a Lifestyle in Spirit and Truth Teacher: Bear Cahill
Brave Combo – The brief time I fronted a band…
Remember that brief time that I fronted Brave Combo? I guess I can scratch that off …
My Contribution to Decorating
I don’t do much in the decorating arena, but I felt the cabinets were lacking. A while back I put an 8×10 …