Would you EVER attend a church that does this? When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start. Most of his worshippers were in their 60s and attendance had bottomed out and the once-vibrant church. So Eggebeen [...]

In honor of the Stryper concert in Albuquerque tonight, I’m re-posting this from August 25th. Twenty-five years ago, I was a 14 year-old, pimply-faced kid struggling through the pubescent journey.  I loved food (couldn’t eat enough), loved girls (I hadn’t really noticed them until that year), loved music (had a monster stereo system in my [...]

Jim Stevens said he’s not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pick-up. Stevens said nearly every morning, an image that looks to him like the face of Jesus Christ has appeared in the condensation on the driver’s side window of his Isuzu truck. Stevens said [...]

Abby Johnson quit her job. That simple act has become a national news story because Johnson, 29, was the director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas who said she experienced a “change of heart” while participating in an abortion procedure. Johnson has now joined a group called Coalition for Life, which prays outside the [...]

Here is the video from our trip to Japan.

I love movies.  But lately, there hasn’t been much worth seeing.  No good westerns (like Open Range or 3:10 to Yuma); no epics like Lord of the Rings; I’ve already seen District 9 twice; and I hate all the Halloween slasher films (Saw XVII).  So, because last weekend was a “slow” movie weekend, Michelle and [...]

I’m not a big fan of church signs that display cheesy or ridiculously lame messages for all the world to see. I drive by this “church” often here in Albuquerque and usually find myself shaking my head in disbelief at what I read on their sign. This time, however, I found myself shaking my head [...]