“Alarmed by such tendencies, Teddy Roosevelt, in a 1917 letter, weighed in thusly: “The things that will destroy America are … the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life.” T.R.’s fears of what the typical American might become are perhaps best embodied by our current national mascot, Homer Simpson, a…
Author: Joshua
Since 2001, Joshua has been writing his musings on life, liberty and the pursuit of godliness on this little blog. It's full of all kinds of fun little adventures and wisdom nuggets but mostly just the journey of a man through life.
Ignite
Right before Dave Carey left, he and I collaborated on a new logo for the youth group at Voice. Scott Starkweather, the new director, wanted to use the name IGNITE. Naturally, the idea of fire came into the picture so we took some fire photography that I had shot, and Dave, being so multi-talented, was…
Welting is a Word, Mike.
Last week flew by in a blur of activity. Despite the many changes, one thing that has not changed is the amount of things that need to be done. In the past week: 5 trees were removed from the property – big ones too!, carpet was torn out in the main office, replaced said carpet…
The Office
It’s Dave Carey’s fault really. A few weeks ago he was playing a clip from this bizarre show called The Office. I laughed pretty hard when I saw the antics of Dwight K. Schrute. I watched Season 1 on my laptop, thanks to iTunes and Dave Carey and now, just a couple weeks later, I…