Pearl Harbor Reflections: Unrecorded Heroism

Two trips to Hawaii for work in the last three months have each given me the privilege of visiting the Pearl Harbor Historic Sites park. Both experiences were very moving, with new sections of the sites being explored each time. This part of our…

Out of 61 books, these are my top reads from 2011

There is no shame in my heart to admit I’m a reading freak. I love stories. I love reading about long journeys and all the good and bad that characters experience as they trounce through them. Bookstores are dangerous for me, as I always want…

A New Year’s Benediction

This is a New Year’s benediction that Neil Gaiman, one of my favorite authors, gave a couple years ago at an event:

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re…

The pain of miscarriage and the goodness of God

Devastating.

When talking of miscarriage, I’m not sure if there is a better word that can be used to describe what you’re going through. Every person I’ve ever met who has gone through the experience uses this word when…

And the 61 books I read last year were…

About 5 years ago I made the New Year’s resolution to read 50 books in one year. Keeping track was just a list of authors and titles in a Word document. Since then I’ve kept 50 as my annual goal and have a Word document for each year. Whenever anyone asks me…

Top and favorite posts from 2011

Last year I posted 122x’s in this blog, or a third of the year. Looking back over the 2011 entries, I’ve compiled a list of the top posts. Some of these are on the list because they were visited a huge number of times, some are on the list for the simple fact they were my…