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Nursery Design Tips
We have an open concept nursery, meaning components of the nursery are spread out over the entire house.
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The Fire Building Principle
There’s never an F-16 around when you need one, unless maybe you live in Iraq.
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Duluth Underwear and Charcoal Toothpaste (And Other Serious Things)
On Wednesday next week the high will be -9 degrees. In light of this, it’s important to not have holes in your underwear.
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Benedict Arnold Appliances, Adopted Chickens, Romantic Dinners
Where were these chickens coming from? Clearly I was being outsmarted by the dumbest fowl on the planet.
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Lettuce Isn’t A Snack!
Janice does hate raccoons. In fact, her hatred for raccoons is what got us in a relationship in the first place.
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Mr. and Mrs. Hippenhammer
We just got back from ANOTHER trip to Pennsylvania and it’s good to be home even though being at home means sitting on a crooked toilet.
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To See God’s Glory
Sometimes I feel like our worship services resemble the desperate, shouting pleas of the prophets of Baal more than Elijah’s calm assurance of God’s audience.
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Josh’s Christmas Tips for Practical Men
Here are some surefire tips that’ll help maximize the perceived value of your cheap tokens of affection.
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Pregnancy Progression & Divine Firewood
I don’t know karate well enough to split trees with my hands so I needed to find a chainsaw.
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Mission Flights International DC-3T
One of MMS Aviation’s first large projects in the 1980s was changing an MFI piston powered DC-3 from a passenger to a cargo configuration.
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Flying with Toddlers & the Depravity of Mankind
Flying with a toddler is like pulling the pin on an old military surplus Russian grenade, gingerly placing it into a refrigerator, then climbing in and closing the door behind…
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Moving to Michigan
Although if you come over and want an authentic northern China experience, I’ll hand you a shovel and point you to a tree on the far corner of the property.
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Into the Wild Unknown, Wide Eyed with Wonder
The brilliance of God taking sinners and turning their lives around is that it makes a very compelling story. The best stories are not ones where the hero makes all…
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Win Some, Lose Some
I climbed over two fence rows, a rather prickly bush, and slid down a bridge embankment before I reached a road I could trudge down, looking lost and forlorn with…
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Some Assembly Required
I bought a new vacuum cleaner. It’s a premium, deluxe, extra awesome Bissell that Walmart had on sale for $50. After ripping the box open, I found a motley crew…
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Hanging Out with the Relatives
It’s a good thing I married a wonderful wife who has a completely normal family history. Oh, except for that one time Janice’s grandpa thought America was going to be…
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Hunger, Vacuum Cleaners, & Moving North
Fasting Janice and I have begun to fast regularly. I don’t mean “fast” as in speed of motion, although Janice does drive fast regularly; I mean fast as in to…
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Seven Serious, No Nonsense Tips for First Time Parents
I’m not saying you have to be enthusiastic about poop – that may be a little overboard – but you’ll have to be able to tolerate it.
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Our Job Isn’t Done Yet! Finding Your Place in God’s Harvest.
You may not even think you’re qualified to do what He’s asking but God is not limited by your lack of ability, only your lack of obedience.
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Mommy’s Superpowers
Janice opens the cupboard, pulls out a black top hat, sticks her hand into it and yells “Abracadabra!” then pulls out a hot, nutritionally balanced meal neatly arranged on a…
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5 Ways to Look Rich While Being Dirt Poor
If you don’t have any possessions to sell, simply paint everything you own white and put only one piece of furniture in each room. If your house looks like an…
