Prayer Pager Project

I have a distant cousin named Olivia, who is 4 years old and has a brain tumor.

She has been given a Prayer Pager, a simple concept with great results.

From her mom:

Nurses, doctors, child life specialist, other parents and families, patients,cafeteria workers, radiology team, lab team, maintenance and housekeeping have all asked and I've been able to share with them info on my prayer beeper and how it works and they ask about my church and all the visitors and where the church is, etc. They come in her room ( and some send friends in to see it) and comment " wow Olivia, you must have alot of people who love you!" We have tons of people every day come up to us and tell us that they have told all they know to pray and it has spread all over our state, country, Europe, Australia, and everywhere. Our kids have friends, of friends, of friends who don't know us ask about Olivia and they say "how do you know Olivia?" They respond: we heard about her at our church or our school and we all prayed for her.

Her pager number is 817-833-0964 and enter 777

Controversy

We are working on getting our materials scanned/searchable by google. One of the hoops is providing a list of sites that we would not want to pop up in 'Google Ads'. I got this list this morning and have been checking out the sites.

This one perturbs me the most. There is a degree of truth in everything these people are saying.

Where is the line between 'dedicated ministry' and 'cult'?

Yikes.

Spring Break 2004.

(Como, CO) Great trip! Props to sister catt who organized the whole thing.

Mark and Katy

(Topeka, KS) Mark and Katy - April 1, 2005

They Don't Talk Back

(San Francisco, CA) This man was vehemently address the bricks this morning. The dialogue sounded like a charismatic hymn, complete with clapping, stomping of feet, and raising of hands.

In general, people here talk to themselves. I have seen people deeply engaged with the object sitting across from them at the cafe: their backpack. Execs always look like their talking to themselves, then you see the little cell phone ear bud. Users start talking to you, but then keep talking to someone else. Unsound characters are always muttering to themselves, or an unseen friend.

It all makes very strong arguments for a parallel spiritual world. I wonder if the mentally unstable and the drug users are so completely disconnected to this world, that they gaze straight into the other.

I have caught myself talking to me. But it was just verbal processing... right?

San Francisco Public Library as seen from the Civic Center BART station escalator.

Whiskas in the Morning

Hello

What a great relief it is to be able to share my life, without having to use words.

I've started using picasa's Hello software to post images. It is very easy to do, and I highly recommend it for anyone desiring to branch out beyond words.

My only complaint would be that the resized images aren't as sharp as the original, especially the larger (1024) pictures. But why should I complain about something that is free?

And it is free... so what is their business model? How can this be making anybody any money? I'm guessing google has a hand in this somewhere and are using it in their plan to take over the world. I should get in on that action while I can.

Yosemite

The 'rents come to town

Tucker D (Oxnard, CA)

Milk Truck and Kalsbeak Deliver

New Years with Naomi

Josh and Molly

McGuinness and Josylin at the Tractor Pull (Goodland, KS)

Heather and Mason-May 30, 2005

Camping at Monterey Bay with Mike and Miah

Feel the love

Seperation (Topeka, KS)

Iris

(Ottawa, KS)

My Dad is a Wizard

(Topeka, KS) Due process during the installation of the new garage door. The prepainted door matched the color of the house, now that was magic.

Hot Chocolate Hills

The stains in my coffee cup portray chocolate hills rising above the mist.

David and Bathsheba

I had not realized this before but Solomon is the son of David and Bathsheba.

David and Bathsheba: the classic adultry/sin story of a man after God's own heart (2 Samuel 11). Solomon: the wisest man who ever lived. Our world would say that those two things don't mix. Good cannot come from evil. And it can't, apart from God.

It gives me hope for my life, knowing that God is in control and able turn my sin into His glory.

And in a parallel universe: to the beautiful girl gardening on the roof on Gough street: need a hand?

Airspeed Velocity

I would like to procure a pigeon and superglue a packing peanut to its head.