(I took this at the Museum of Play - Quote is by GK Chesterton who wrote “Orthodoxy” almost a hundred years ago)
Do you ever hear from seasoned leaders sharing about how they worked their butt off and grinded it out during their earlier years? How they invested, and labored, and pushed boundaries, and poured [...]

Posted in Leadership, Pictures, mission, stellar 3 Comments »

How Awesome is He who created everything I see!
Such beauty, and wonder, such majesty!
I look at my daughter, and see the marks of His kiss,
I look at my hands, are these fingerprints mine or are they His?
If you liked that post, check out…What is the gospel? by Lon on August 31st, [...]

Posted in Christ, life, stellar No Comments »

If you liked that post, check out…My little turd… by Lon on February 26th, 2007How awesome… by Lon on November 16th, 2007And so it begins… by Lon on March 23rd, 2007What’s Normal? by Lon on June 23rd, 2007

Posted in stellar, video No Comments »

I’ve been ‘using’ Stellar for a number of illustrations in probably half of the presentations, workshops, and sermons I’ve given over the last year.
I figure she won’t be letting me do so in a couple years so now’s my chance.

If you liked that post, check out…Empty Cross… by Lon on April 8th, 2008Practicing Sabbath… by [...]

Posted in Pictures, stellar 2 Comments »

Stellar makes no excuses for herself.
Just because she’s a baby and doesn’t know how to crawl, doesn’t mean she can’t try to stand on her own. You go girl.

If you liked that post, check out…Baby names… by Lon on June 2nd, 2006Chicks dig babies and dogs… by Lon on May 1st, 2007Prayers for our [...]

Posted in stellar, video No Comments »

Stellar’s favorite thing to touch… is anything just out of her reach.

What is it in the human spirit that longs to for something more? …that is not satisfied with simply being handed things? …that is willing to stretch out in faith for what could be?
A better question might be, why do we so [...]

Posted in Pictures, stellar No Comments »

If you liked that post, check out…Darth Maul? by Lon on November 20th, 2006Shaving with sissors… by Lon on April 22nd, 2005Me and my girl… by Lon on September 17th, 2008For the Star Wars fans… by Lon on May 21st, 2005

Posted in Pictures, stellar No Comments »

Okay, I’ll admit it. As a guy, I’ve always wanted a son. When we were trying decide on baby names, I spent months tossing around exclusively boy names. Not that I was ever against daughters, it just never even occurred to me.
When we found out we were having a girl, I thought, [...]

Posted in life, stellar No Comments »

Do you have friends who’ve had children and it seems like they’ve given up on living their own lives?
Everything is suddenly about their children, and its as if they’ve transferred all of their own hopes and dreams onto these unsuspecting kids. Sometimes I’m tempted to just throw in the towel myself, just be a [...]

Posted in Pictures, life, stellar No Comments »

I’m fairly ambitious, but sometimes I get into those lazy funks.
Sometimes I take look one look at my daughter all my angst and passion to change the world just melts away.
Now that I’m a father, I’m excused… or am I?
It’s so easy to simply settle because I’m already more than I ever dreamed of being.

Stellar [...]

Posted in Pictures, life, stellar No Comments »