Category: Daddy’s Corner

  • Do you tithe?

    I was directed toward a review of a book, Passing the Plate: Why American Christians Don’t Give Away More Money. The review mentions has poorly American Christians donate. Some of the numbers: If just the “committed Christians” (defined as those who attend church at least a few times a month or profess to be “strong”…

  • Hurricane Ike #7: Random Notes

    A few random notes from various items I found today. There’s always a way.The first comes from the problems in Galveston. The city has been using the San Luis Resort and Conference Center as the base of operations during the storm, as the hotel was one of the best built buildings on the island to weather…

  • Hurricane Ike #5: Vanessa’s Parents

    A few people have asked me about Vanessa’s parents in The Woodlands. They’re fine. Like the rest of that area, they’re without power and will be for awhile from all accounts. Cell and landline phone service is also not operational, but we can occasionally get a text message through. They weathered the storm fine. Mr.…

  • mom is fine

    Everything went well. Thanks for your thoughts and prayers.

  • leaving for mom’s operation

    The operation actually begins at 7:30 am.

  • Breaking The Silence

    I have maintained a blogging silence over the past few weeks. On the morning of my last post, my mom went in for a medical test and two days later, she learned that she has breast cancer. As far as I know, we have had no history of cancer in our family and with much…