Sigh. I really can’t believe I’m doing this, but you know, you’re supposed to obey your parents. My dad is trying to decide which of three dogs to get, and he can’t decide. So, he’s posted three dog pictures on his blog, and he asked …
Read MoreThis Wonderful Life
12-21-05_1844.jpg Originally uploaded by gkoskela. Date night ! Tonight was a great date night. I took Talli, who is really enjoying drama, to a production by the Portland Center Stage of This Wonderful Life. Mark Setlock was the star of a one man show, playing …
Read MoreOld Christmas Greetings…Part 2
Remember the Apple Switch commericals? Just 30 seconds of somebody talking in front of a white screen about why they switched from a pc to a Mac. They were all the rage when I was trying to do a Christmas Greeting video in December of …
Read MoreOld Christmas greetings…part 1
I have…hold your breath now…a character flaw. Shocking, I know. But the truth is, I can be a little bit obsessive. I can fixate on something, to the exclusion of everything else. And three years ago, it came out at Christmas time. I got this …
Read MoreInside Love
Here’s a link to the message I gave today, from John 17: 13-23.
Read MoreRandom thoughts of the night
Talli and I, for months, have been working our way through the special features of the Lord of the Rings movies (you know, the appendices to the special extended editions, that show how they made the movies. I’VE watched them all, of course, but it’s …
Read MorePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Ok, loyal blog readers, remember last May? Remember my exciting travel blog updates about our 2nd honeymoon trip to Dominica? Well, just in case you fell asleep, or skipped them, or weren’t hip to Gregg’s Gambles that long ago, go back and read this entry… …
Read MoreI like being a dad
For the past couple of months, my two older daughters have been practicing each week for a play at church, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”. Hayley has been a member of the angel choir, and came home from practice excitedly a few weeks ago when …
Read MoreSurprised at Baja Fresh
A week ago Wednesday, a man from our church took me to lunch, and we met with the man’s previous pastor. This same man had taken Elaine and me to visit this pastor’s mega church last September, and I had written it off as a …
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