A Fork in the Road

For the past number of years this blog has been the home for all things Ben, however as of today that will change.  From here on out this blog will be the home of all things Ben that are non-sports related.  If you want my thoughts on sports you can instead find those here instead. [...]

Planeteer Fail

Obviously with the world seemingly coming to an inescapable end at the hands of climate change in the near future – even Stephen Hawking thinks we should bail ship – every company and their tail wagging subsidiaries are trying to seem more earth friendly.  NBC does its green week, toilet paper comes recycled and this [...]

Good riddance foul implement . . .

It seems as though the past few months have been a time destined for letting go of the old and moving on to new things.  From divesting myself of a rickety smartphone (Motorla Q9c) and investing in my Samsung Omnia, to seeing the retirement of my senior pastor (he’s missed far more than the Moto [...]

Hotdogs sure are expensive these days . . .

A quick warning to you all: this post holds no meaningful content whatsoever.  It is however particularly amusing to me so I will leave it for your judgment. I do not often frequent the Pioneer Co-op grocery store for many reasons – mostly because the prices are high and also because the aisles are often [...]

The Post Sermonizing Blues

Well, today was my turn to preach again, and as always I love the process of getting there and delivering the message.  I always feel blessed to have the opportunity to study and prepare for a week and then share what I’ve learned and been challenged by with a few hundred people on Sunday morning.  [...]

25 Random Things About Me

I realize that I’m far from the first to do this post, and I’ll likely be far from the last.  People have been getting tagged with this like a 7-11 wall in south central L.A. and I’m just one of the most recent to have received this love tap.  My hope is that I can [...]

“L”ucky Man

A couple days ago Jenn and I were out for Chinese at Casey’s Restaurant in downtown Swiftyville.  I’m not usually a big fan of Chinese smorg – I prefer to be able to order individual dishes – but when someone else is paying you certainly can’t complain.  All in all it was a good meal, [...]

My Best/Worst of ’08

My brother Jon gave his best of list this past week, and I guess it would only make sense for me to again steal someone else’s idea and give my best of list. As is usual for me though, I will also give my worst of list in the hopes of possibly disuading you from [...]

The Redemption of Christmas Music

It’s no secret that I’m not a big Christmas fan.  I love Jesus dearly, but Christmas hasn’t been about Jesus in an awfully long time if we’re being honest with eachother.  Christmas music is especially wretched.  You are completely inundated with the stuff for months ahead of time – there’s no escaping it.  I don’t [...]

A Treatise on the Discovery of the Biblical Squirrel

There are a lot of animals in the bible.  Bulls, and goats, and pigeons, oh my!  But for the first time ever a couple weeks ago we came across a squirrel during the youth bible study.  One of the kids was reading James 4:1 for us and it read as such, “What causes fights and [...]