“All You Can Eat”. Many restaurants offer this culinary ritual by asking you to pay a flat fee of about $5.99 and then stuffing yourself on an never ending array of options…from fried chicken to egg rolls & salisbury steak to tacos. After 4 trips to the “food bar” it is then time to visit the [...]

You see on billboards as you drive down the expressway. At ball games written in big letters on small signs and held up in the stands.  The In-N-Out Burger chain prints it on the inside of the bottom rim of their paper cups. Forever 21, a clothing chain, prints it on the bottom of their shopping bags. [...]

Good Friday…seems strange to remember the day Jesus died on the Cross by calling it ‘good’.
Why do we call this day “good”?
It is ‘good’ because Jesus died for us. It is the ultimate act of love.
It is ‘good’ because our sin separates us from God and only through Jesus Christ can our sins be forgiven.
It [...]

April 1st is no longer “April Fools Day” in our family; it is our daughters “Gotcha Day”!
One year ago today, Nicole and I met our daughter for the first time. We had traveled to Taipei, Taiwan to adopt Szu Yu Chen (Emma Szu Yu). I remember pulling up to the orphanage, stepping out of the [...]