Ummmmmmmmmm, oops. Many apologies. I got so dissatisfied with the voting that I kinda forgot I was running this thing. I also didn’t look at the results at the deadline of Thursday night, so I have to go with what happened as of now, which …
Read MoreHope—Semi Finals
We’ve come to the point we get to every year, where I just don’t care any more. I think next year I’ll just make the Muppets the #1 seed, and they get a bye to the finals, because then I won’t have to watch you …
Read MoreHope-Fourth Round
Why I do this, I’ll never know. Every year when I see your votes, my inner monologue sounds like some 17th century noble believing only some people should be allowed to vote. BUT HERE WE ARE. Round 4, Muppets, Bing, and Enya. Get your votes …
Read MoreHope—Third Round
Well, the bracket is finally set. And it wouldn’t be Advent Caroling Madness without the bane of my existence, The Muppets. Get your votes in by Saturday at noon! Make sure to listen to the top four seeds, as they have had a bye until …
Read MoreHope—Second Round
Thanks for voting in round 1! Now it’s time to fill out the bracket of sixteen. Vote on the following matchups by Tuesday night at 7 pm PST! #10 seed “Mary’s Lullaby” by The Porter’s Gate (submitted by Sammie Eilert) tries to hold its spot …
Read MoreHope—First Round
Such an amazing response! 32 submissions! How should that many submissions be dealt with? First, I made sure everyone who submitted a song got their place in the bracket. Then, no person got more than two submissions. That got it down to 28 songs. But …
Read MoreAdvent Caroling Madness XI
It was ten years ago that I first had the idea for what is now a favorite part of the holiday season: Advent Caroling Madness! You all send me versions of Advent/Christmas songs, I put it in a March Madness-like bracket, and we vote our …
Read MoreHoly Spirit as Fueling Fire
(Message given at Wayside Friends Church on October 8, 2023) Oh our Redeemer and Resurrection, Oh eternal Trinity! Oh Fire ever burning, Fire that never goes out, never dims, never can be diminished— even if the whole world takes fire from you! Catherine of Siena …
Read MoreHoly Spirit as Freeing Fire
(Message given at Wayside Friends Church on October 1, 2023) Let’s look at a couple of verses from the book of Hebrews, chapter 12 verses 28 and 29: Since we are receiving [an inheritance] that is unshakeable, let us be thankful and please God by …
Read MoreBallparks and a Life Well-Lived
“Baseball,“ my dad often says, “is the perfect game.“ Since Abner Doubleday designed the game in 1839, said my dad, the precise measurements between pitcher and catcher, as well as the distance between the bases, have never been tinkered with. There was no need. Perhaps …
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