Monthly Archives: October 2006

Happiness is…

…a Cardinal win and a 3-2 lead in the NLCS with Chris Carpenter on the bump for Game 6, baby!

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Go Crazy, Folks

21 years ago, my Cards won a pivotal Game 5 in the 1985 NLCS on Ozzie Smith’s improbable walk-off homer, prompting Jack Buck to invoke the hometown crowd to “Go crazy, folks. Go crazy.” I hope the Cardinal Nation will … Continue reading

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Miami / FIU Brawl

This is one of the most disgusting displays of conduct in collegiate sports history. The ACC has handed down one-game suspensions for several of the participants in Saturday’s Miami / Florida International brawl. Such suspensions are laughable when you consider … Continue reading

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Global Faith

I was a junior in high school when the Rwandan Genocide occurred in 1994. It’s estimated that nearly 1 million Tutsis and Hutus were massacred by extremist Hutu militia groups. The world was stunned at such horrifying savagery; men, women … Continue reading

Posted in Devotional, Inner City Church, Poverty, Social Issues, Theology | 3 Comments

All Things LOST

We’re having a great discussion about Season 3 of LOST over at All Things LOST. All you LOST aficianados should check it out. Lots to discuss.

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Football Friday Vol. 5

Well, last week wasn’t my best to date. I sported a 6-4 record (why did I pick the Bills again?), giving me a 50-15 mark for the season. This week’s games are pretty easy to pick with only one game … Continue reading

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Albert Who?

We’re watching the Cardinals / Mets game here at the house. Albert Pujols, (pronounced poo-holes) the Cardinals first baseman, just came up to the plate. Sunny said, “Look, Joshua, it’s Albert Pujols.” Joshua said, “Go Poop-holes!” I’m telling you, we … Continue reading

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My Idea of Heaven

I’ve been trying to write this blog for a week and a half now. But each time I try, it seems like something comes up or I choose to blog about something else. But this pleurisy is really slowing me … Continue reading

Posted in Devotional, Theology | 5 Comments

Pleurisy?

So yesterday I started feeling some pressure in my chest. Corey and I went to visit one of our teens in the hospital and I turned to him and said, “Man, my chest feels kinda weird.” We joked that at … Continue reading

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A Growing Vocabulary

I was going to blog about heaven today, but I ran out of time since I have to leave in a minute for tonight’s grad class. But as I’m listening to some Old Crow Medicine Show (thanks to by good … Continue reading

Posted in Humor, Kids | 10 Comments