In what has become a yearly tradition, the wifey and I traversed 10 hours of the eastern U.S. in route to Erie, PA to spend Thanksgiving with the Risner’s. It should be known that the Risner family is simply delightful. From Pam’s unparalleled hospitality to Jack’s wit and thoughtfulness, the entire Risner family loves selflessly. They’ve never asked us for

For my birthday weekend my family met up in Chicago. My brother and his wife live on the north side as he is currently attending grad school at Loyola University. Before this delightful trip I had only passed through Chicago without spending any real time in its vast city limits. Well, no longer!

Have you ever thought that maybe you’re missing something? That maybe you’re not doing something you should be that would somehow spring you forward in your life, career, calling, fill in the _____? Perhaps there is something simple and tangible that you could put into practice today and radically change your life. I believe there is. I recently had the

What is the very first thing we have a record of God doing? In the beginning God created the heavens and earth. God first and foremost is in the business of making things. The creation account in Genesis describes the explosion of creative energy by which God is revealed as the rational designer of the cosmos. The culmination of his

The wifey and I recently had the great priveledge of taking a vacation to the last frontier–Alaska. Three of my roomies from college are tour guides during the summer months in AK and were kind enough to let us stay with them. Luckily they could take time off from work and be our personal guides for about a week. It

Three years and one day ago I married my cheerleader and best friend, Kimberly Ann. Three years ago today the wifey and I were honeymooning in Jamaica. The honeymoon was in my pre-D90 days so I wasn’t dabbling in photography. These pics were taken with our little Canon PowerShoot Digital Elph. He’s a cutie. The trip was delightful, as is