Is Christmas the sign of the Shopocalypse?

I’ve been thinking about Christmas a lot lately. I start getting all these different emotions that well up inside of me. At times I’m excited because we are going to be spending it with family. This is the greatest, to be able to watch our kids play with their cousins and literally [...]

Hair today…gone tomorrow

My best friend growing up just posted this picture on his blog… I thought you might get a kick out of seeing me with hair!

Brad is in the upper right corner with me next to him sporting the cowboys jacket. We couldn’t figure out who the kid was stealing the army men off the [...]

Down is the new Up

The Upside-Down Kingdom by Donald B. Kraybill
Kraybill’s book uses the upside-down image to show how the Kingdom breaks through both then and now. The reason for the book is to show that we can no longer use the kingdoms of this worlds ways of ranking society, to continually ask the question why things [...]

Salt and Light?

We are still working out what it means to be a follower (disciple) of Jesus using the Sermon on the Mount. Here is the passage for the week.
Matthew 5:13-37
There are many areas that we could focus on (Salt and Light, the law, sex or speaking truth). Give it a cursory reading and [...]

Thanksgiving Wrap-up!

Wednesday:
Mom and Dad Underwood, along with my sister and her family, came into town for the weekend festivities. For those of you keeping count at home, that is 13 Underwoods and Deffets. If you didn’t get a chance to meet the family, here they are on my new favorite hobby – Jibjab: [...]

New cell phone policy at the Well…

Listen to what he is reading!!!!!!!

HT: Zach Lind

Wave of Sorrow – from U2

Wave of Sorrow will be on the re-release of The Joshua Tree.  It was part of the Joshua tree recording sessions but was never finished.  Here is a sneak peak and an explanation of the song from Bono.

the Catholic Workers Movement in Richmond

For awhile now I have been hearing the names Dorothy Day and the Catholic Workers Movement in the books I’m reading or from the speakers I’m listening to. However, it wasn’t until recently that I bothered to find out more about who Dorothy Day was and what the Catholic Workers Movement was even [...]

It’s just a game………..right?

I would have never guessed…

I saw this awhile back and forgot about it until now. For those of you who know me, I’m not a huge fan of these become a star reality shows (or a fan of opera for that matter). However, there is something about Paul Potts that is extraordinary. He comes out awkward [...]