Quote of the Day - George Washington

My Mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my Mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

George Washington

It's character, not color, that separates Smith, Dungy

Michael Smith of ESPN notes that the two coaches of the this year's super bowl should be recognized and better known for something else. Full Story

Video - Pentecostals

MSNBC takes a look at pentecostals (Internet Explorer may be required).

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

Do you know the story of William Wilburforce and John Newton? If not, you should. Rally the troops for February 23 when Amazing Grace hits the movie theaters.

Quote of the Day - Winston Churchill

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

Winston Churchill

The Patriots have the equation for success

You may or may not be sick of the New England Patriots. Hats off to the Patriots who won a game which looked as though the San Diego Chargers squandered numerous chances. Give credit to the Pats who never gave up. Good teams win pretty games and ugly ones.

Bill Bellichick has several key elements that result in success year in and year out. This article by Michael David Smith of Fox Sports scratches the surface of why the Patriots are the team nobody wants to play. Smith points out that some writers analyze the unexplained and attribute their success to "drive", "heart", or "swagger". When Carl von Clausewitz wrote On War, his analysis of great military commanders resulted in resignation of just calling it military genius. Like obsenity, he cannot define it but he knows it when he sees it.

Smith points that the Pats have two key players, one of them being Tom Brady. With the main pieces in place, Belichick manages a 53-man roster and a large coaching staff with delegation, a coherent team philosophy, fiscal responsibility, and in-depth character analysis. To top it all off, Belichick also displays tangible evidence of perhaps the rarest quality among leaders, the ability to listen.

Most good CEO's know they can only focus on one thing at a time. Belichick's players are told to focus on one game at a time while management focuses on the long-term. Management and the coaching staff prep players with game video almost as soon as the last game is over.

You may be sick of the Patriots but if you look closer, there is something to admire.

Video - Toyota

This video was too good to pass up and conveys some valuable lessons for not only US automakers but just about any other organization. Toyota is King in the automobile world right now and american automakers are scrambling to figure out what is wrong. Is it American culture? I think not. The following video (Internet Explorer may be required) takes a tour of a Toyota plant in Kentucky with American workers. If only American automakers could embrace change and dynamism like Toyota. Why they do not do this is another story. I would rather not dwell on what is wrong and instead focus on the solution. You will have to bear through an unrelated story about a Britain-France merger in the 1950's for the first 60 seconds. The wait is worth it. Full Story

Video of the Week - L'Eglise du Bon Berger

I visited L'Eglise du Bon Berger (Church of the Good Shepherd) a few years ago that was just outside of Paris. You do not need to speak French to see the spirit moving.

Quote of the Day - Gerald Ford

Government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.

Gerald Ford

Article for the Day - The Right Has a Jailhouse Conversion

The Right Has a Jailhouse Conversion
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP

Quote of the Day - E.M. Bounds

We are constantly on a stretch, if not on a strain, to devise new methods, new plans, new organizations to advance the Church and secure enlargement and efficiency for the gospel. This trend of the day has a tendency to lose sight of the man or sink the man in the plan or organization. God's plan is to make much of the man, far more of him than of anything else. Men are God's method. The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.

E.M. Bounds

Chillin'

No new entries until the new year. I am busy catching up with friends and family.

Quote of the Day - The Birth of Christ

As Philip Yancey says, I have never seen this version of the story on a Christmas card. Yet is is the truer story, the rest of the picture of what was going on that fateful night. Yancey calls the birth of Christ the Great Invasion, "a daring raid by the ruler of the forces of good into the universe's seat of evil." Spiritually speaking, this is no silent night. It is D-Day."

John Eldredge on Philip Yancey

Quote of the Day - Ulysses S. Grant

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

Ulysses S. Grant.

Quote of the Day - Billy Graham

Only those who want everything done for them are bored.

Billy Graham

Article for the Day - Episcopal parishes in Virginia break away

Parishes in Virginia break away as the Episcopal Church of America struggles to keep its house in order. Click here.

Quote of the Day - Bono

"If only we could be a bit more like Him, the world would be transformed. …When I look at the Cross of Christ, what I see up there is all my s—- and everybody else’s. So I ask myself a question a lot of people have asked: Who is this man? And was He who He said He was, or was He just a religious nut? And there it is, and that’s the question."

Bono

Video of the Week - Yosemite

Sam, Rick, and I took a backpacking trip on the Upper Chiquito Trail in Yosemite a little over a year ago. It was a blast and I definitely want to take another one soon. I was limited to what I could take on the trip and regret not taking more equipment but was at least able to put a video together. Thanks to Rick who also took some fantastic pictures.

Quote of the Day - Martin Luther King Jr.

"If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven will pause to say, 'There lived a great street sweeper who did his job well'."

Martin Luther King Jr.

Quote of the Day - William Wilberforce

“Let everyone regulate his conduct . . . by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.”

William Wilberforce

Rise of the Vulcans

I am reading Rise of the Vulcans. Does anybody know anything about it?

Quote of the Day - Dwight D. Eisenhower

From this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Second Video of the Week - Interlaken Adventure

Brian and I met up in Interlaken, Switzerland a couple of years ago for an extreme sports weekend. Here's a video of our 450-foot bungee jump in the Alps.

Video - Meet the Press

Eliot A. Cohen of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies comments on Meet the Press on the Iraq Study Group Report. (Internet Explorer required)

Angels

Kudos to my Angels who just signed left-handed reliever, Darren Oliver. This bolsters an already strong bullpen with Francisco Rodriguez, Scot Shields, recently signed Justin Speir, and Hector Carrasco. This addition solidifies the Angel pitching staff and makes it perhaps the deepest in the majors. Stay tuned as to whether they trade pitching for a power hitter. Don't be surprised if they sign Barry Zito and trade one of their young starters. Rumors have spread that the Angels could trade Casey Kotchman and Chone Figgins for Atlanta first baseman Adam Laroche. If they could do it without trading pitching, this would position them as one of the favorites to win it all next year.

Quote of the Day - Dwight D. Eisenhower

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Quote of the Day

It is always easy to be giving with other people's money.

No Way to Win a War

I am always quite skeptic of the effectiveness of government commissions, especially ones consisting exclusively of politicians. My boy Eliot Cohen wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal summing up my sentiments.

Quote of the Day - Soren Kierkegaard

One can advise comfortably from a safe port.

Soren Kierkegaard

Quote of the Day - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Pessimism never won any battle.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Quote of the Day - Soren Kierkegaard

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

Soren Kierkegaard

Quote of the Day - Dwight D. Eisenhower

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Video of the week - Rubber Band William Tell

My roommates and I can do some odd stuff when we are bored. Gainer really hit it with a rubber band.

Quote of the Day - Soren Kierkegaard

It is so hard to believe because it is so hard to obey.

Soren Kierkegaard

Quote of the Day - Soren Kierkegaard

Once you label me you negate me.

Soren Kierkegaard

Quote of the Day - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Quote of the Day - Theodore Roosevelt

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

Theodore Roosevelt

Quote of the Day - Dwight D. Eisenhower

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

UCLA ranked No. 1 for first time in 11 years

UCLA ranked No. 1 for first time in 11 years
Bruins won Maui Invitational; No. 1 Florida and No. 2 North Carolina lost

Article for the Day

I found the following article thought provoking even though I did not agree with everything. It is easy to argue that the Washington Consensus was not the best advice for developing countries. However, this article dares to say that simply increasing aid is not necessarily the answer. Kudos to the Millenium Challenge Corporation for recognizing this. I am unsure what to think about the article's position on minimizing the emphasis on intellectual property rights. Are we really willing to accept that the Chinese have violated most of these agreements anyway?


How to Help Poor Countries
Nancy Birdsall, Dani Rodrik, and Arvind Subramanian
From Foreign Affairs, July/August 2005

Quote of the Day - John Piper

One of the most important discoveries I have ever made is this truth: God is most glorified in me when I am most satisfied in him. This is the motor that drives my ministry as a pastor. It affects everything I do.”

John Piper

Picture of the Day

Great Whites really are scary, no?

Article for the Day - Vietnamese Capitalism

The Song Of The South

Hanoi's communists won the Vietnam War, but southern-born reformers are leading an economic boom as the country opens up to the world.

2008 Predictions Update

Here are my updated predictions for 2008. Governor Mark Warner has pulled out of the race which means the democrats will probably rely on Barack Obama or Hilary Clinton for their nomination. Governor Tom Vilsack could surprise us but there is little indication that would lead us to believe that. The nomination for the democrats will probably come from the Senate. The last Senator to go to the White House was John F. Kennedy and he barely got in. John Kerry tried to defy history in thelast election by not only going from the Senate to the White House but also selecting another Senator as his running mate. Governor Bill Richardson is often mentioned as a VP candidate. He was just reelected and is very popular in the state. If Obama does not run for president, expect him to be mentioned as a VP candidate. Either Richard of Obama could balance the ticket by drawing the minority vote.

George Allen's stock fell like a rock over the last several months and it made it look as though the G.O.P. nomination was John McCain's to lose. However, Governor Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin announced that he will form an exploratory committee. Thompson could be one of the few viable candidate with executive experience. Other candidates have had a large start in fundraising but a lot can happen in two years. Governor Mitt Romney has thrown his hat in the ring also. It is probably safe to say that the G.O.P. nomination will go to either McCain, Romney, or Thompson.

Article for the Day

What will she do? Few people are as polarizing as Hillary Clinton. Today's article shows that partisan politics does not dominate everything in Congress.

Quote of the Day - Winston Churchill

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Winston Churchill

Quote of the Day - Winston Churchill

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

Winston Churchill

Quote of the Day - Winston Churchill

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Winston Churchill

Quote of the Day - G.K. Chesterton

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

G.K. Chesterton

In Defense of Politics - Peter Wehner

This well written speech by Peter Wehner of the Ethics and Public Policy Center explains the necessity of politics and that we need not shy away from it.

I am intrigued by the triggered response when the topic of politics comes up. Many are often quick to criticize politics which is merely a mirror into our own souls with real life as its subject and a reflection which is open for all to see.

Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which every one in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people, except Christians, ever imagine that they are guilty themselves. I have heard people admit that they are bad-tempered, or that they cannot keep their heads about girls or drink, or even that they are cowards. I do not think I have ever heard anyone who was not a Christian accuse himself of this vice. And at the same time I have very seldom met anyone, who was not a Christian, who showed the slightest mercy to it in others. There is no fault which makes a man more unpopular, and no fault which we are more unconscious of in ourselves. And the more we have it ourselves, the more we dislike it in others.

The vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility. You may remember, when I was talking about sexual morality, I warned you that the centre of Christian morals did not lie there. Well, now, we have come to the centre. According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.

C.S. Lewis

Video of the week - Yahoo

I saw this commercial the other week and laughed for about 30 seconds afterwards.

Quote of the Day - Winston Churchill

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Winston Churchill

Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him. We must not use the Bible as a sort of encyclopedia out of which texts can be taken for use as weapons.

C.S. Lewis

Quote of the Day - Winston Churchill

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

Winston Churchill

Mathematic Proof for the Day - Engineers describe woman

For the guys out there, I thought this was funny. Click here.

Quote of the Day - G.K. Chesterton

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

G.K. Chesterton

UCLA Bruins

I love Ben Howland. He is so many things that Steve Lavin and Jim Harrick were not. The following insightful article shows a few of the coaching techniques employed by Howland. Kudos for Ben Howland who will hopefully be in Westwood for a long time.

Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

I like bats much better than bureaucrats. I live in the Managerial Age, in a world of "Admin." The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid "dens of crime" that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern.

C.S. Lewis

Quote of the Day - 1 Corinthians

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Quote of the Day - Winston Churchill

There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result.

Winston Churchill

Video of the Week - Urban Ninja

I love watching this guy. So here's a video for just a little fun.

Quote of the Day - G.K. Chesterton

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.

G.K. Chesterton

Quote of the Day - Winston Churchill

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

Winston Churchill

Quote of the Day - C.S. Lewis

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen; not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

C.S. Lewis

Quote of the Day - Alexander Hamilton

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Alexander Hamilton

Quote of the Day - Benjamin Franklin

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.

Benjamin Franklin

Quote of the Day - George S. Patton

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

George S. Patton

Article for the Day - His Corps Value Was Bravery

Tony Perry of the Los Angeles Times writes about the life of Chris Adlesperger (center) and his decision to enlist in the Marine Corps. Adlesperger has been posthumously nominated for the Medal of Honor for his action after the death of his friend Erick Hodges, left.

Quote of the Day - Warren Bennis

"Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery. Everyone feels that he or she makes a difference to the success of the organization. When that happens people feel centered and that gives their work meaning."

Warren Bennis

A Man and His Father

It is safe to say that Jim Leyland is perhaps one of the best managers in major league baseball. The Tigers are back in the playoffs after years of losing and I am always curious as to what motivates people to succeed. This short but insightful article by Wright Thompson of ESPN provides insight into the good, the bad, and the ugly of a father's influence on his children. It is rare that we get a glimpse into a lifetime in such a short amount of time. Click here.

Quote of the Day - Theodore Roosevelt

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Theodore Roosevelt

Tribute to King Fish

Tim Salmon

This weekend marks the end of the career of a longtime Angel, Tim Salmon. Kudos to a class act who was there during the lean years but also during the lone World Series Championship in 2002. Salmon created the fish bowl where he donated a block of 100 seats for disadvantaged children. It is estimated that he ended up allowing hundreds of thousands of kids to see baseball games. Hopefully he'll be able to get one more home run for a total of 300 for his career.

Quote of the Day - Proverbs

Where there is no vision, the people perish.

Proverbs 29:18

Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address

You may have figured out that I am a big Abraham Lincoln fan. Well, I went to the Lincoln Memorial again today and as always, I take a long time to read his 2nd Inaugural address. This is perhaps one of the best political speeches by an American ever made. I have taken years to think about why it is so powerful and meaty. Lincoln accurately captures the sign of the times in just a few words. Here you go:

At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat in detail, of a course to be pursued, seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention, and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.

On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it--all sought to avert it. While the inaugeral [sic] address was being delivered from this place, devoted altogether to saving the Union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war--seeking to dissole [sic] the Union, and divide effects, by negotiation. Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.

One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it. Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered; that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!" If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope--fervently do we pray--that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether"

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.

Video of the week - Boys of Summer

It is starting to feel like Autumn is it not? How about something a little lighter?

This song by Don Henley is a classic yet the underrated video deserves recognition too. I love the black and white and even the choice of the kid on drums. The video screens in the background shoot us across timelines and contrast the past and present. It is all very subtle and poetic. Boys of Summer

Quote of the Day - Abraham Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln

Quote of the Day - Change

Think of managing change as an adventure. It tests your skills and abilities. It brings forth talent that may have been dormant. Change is also a training ground for leadership. When we think of leaders, we remember times of change, innovation and conflict. Leadership is often about shaping a new way of life. To do that, you must advance change, take risks and accept responsibility for making change happen.

Charles E. Rice, CEO of Barnett Bank

Quote of the Day - John Maxwell

The first step to leadership is servanthood.

John Maxwell

Old Rag and the Shenandoah's

I went camping in the Shenandoahs this last weekend with a group of friends. Despite the rain on Saturday morning, it was tons of fun. On Sunday Stephen, Chris, and I went and hiked Old Rag Mountain which I have been wanting to do for the last year. The first half was a brutal 2 1/2 hour hike uphill with a rock scramble. This is probably the most strenuous hike I have ever done. However, getting to the top was quite a satisfying feeling. Thanks to Stephen who is almost always willing to take pictures!

The City Church Washington DC

There's a new church in town. I've been attending the City Church of Washington DC. It meets on Thursday nights at 7 PM.

Quote of the Day - George S. Patton

General George S. Patton

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.

Video of the Week - The Unusual Suspect

You may have heard of Stephen Baldwin's story but here he is in person with Matt Lauer on the Today show (Follow the link and click on the video, Internet Explorer required). I also recommend reading the excerpt from his book. He is definitely a different man.

Video of the week - A Well Kept Secret

Here's to the U2 fans and to those who are not. You have probably heard this song quite a bit but do you know what it is really about? This time, listen to Bono's toast beforehand and think about the lyrics again. Who is he talking to?

How long to sing this song?

Bad Day? How about a laugh?

Click on the following link and slowly scroll down:

http://www.idiots-guide.org/badday.htm

Life's Little Lessons - Little League

Life's little lessons
A team of 10-year-olds reminded me what's important
by Tom Verducci

Lonely Americans

Americans try to connect as loneliness grows
Need for companionship rises as more live alone and have fewer friends

I was not surprised to find this article from the Associated Press. I heard a statistic that 9 out of 10 men do not have a very close friend that they can really confide in.

So you do not feel lonely. Have you thought that a lot of people around you are?

Jonathan House Retreat

Here's a picture from our last retreat at Ocean City in Maryland.

Video of the week - Indigo Girls

I've recently discovered www.youtube.com which has all kinds of video that you can stream. If you have some time to listen to music, here is a lesser known but long time favorite of mine.

Least Complicated
by the Indigo Girls

100 Pianos

Read about A. W. Tozer

July 30

The Church: 100 Pianos

...that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. --John 17:21

Someone may fear that we are magnifying private religion out of all proportion, that the "us" of the New Testament is being displaced by a selfish "I." Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshippers meeting together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be were they to become "unity" conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship. Social religion is perfected when private religion is purified. The body becomes stronger as its members become healthier. The whole church of God gains when the members that compose it begin to seek a better and a higher life. The Pursuit of God, 90.

"Lord, let this start with me. Give me a closer walk with You today. Then as a leader enable me to encourage others as well, individually, so that all to whom I minister might be in harmony as we individually are close to You. Amen."

Quote of the Day - John Falconer

I have but one candle of life to burn, and I would rather burn it out in a land filled with darkness than in a land flooded with light.

John Falconer

The Nigerians are Coming!

The following article affects a lot of people I know directly:

The Nigerians Are Coming!
The rift in the Anglican Church comes to Northern Virginia.
by Mark D. Tooley

Quote of the Day - Mike Stachura

The mark of a great church is not its seating capacity, but its sending capacity.

Mike Stachura

Quote of the Day - C.T. Studd

Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I wish to run a rescue mission within a yard of hell.

C.T. Studd

Journey to Afghanistan

Mike Mannina (left) in local attire poses with an Afghan.

Do you want to know what it is like to be on the ground in Afghanistan? One of my housemates took a trip to Afghanistan awhile back and saw firsthand. Click here.

Question

How many people change the world while working from a desk?

Churchillian Courage - Joseph Loconte

Churchillian Courage
Moral leadership and the War on Terror.

By Joseph Loconte

Quote of the Day - Theodore Roosevelt

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

Theodore Roosevelt

Quote of the Day - General George S. Patton

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

General George Patton Jr

Quote of the Day C.S. Lewis

Badness is only spoiled goodness.

C.S. Lewis