About Paul I was a journeyman electrician, a building automation programmer, a marketing web developer, and a front-end web developer. Now a Software Engineer for a company called ClickBank. But that’s not who I am. That’s more… what I’ve done...
Blog What Is Love? Love is a word that is used often in our culture. Many of us aspire to love well, and even more of us desire to be loved more than almost
Blog Friar Freeman Even not dressed up like a monk, you can't help but see Pastor Mike Freeman as a seeker. His wealth of knowledge and unending humility reflects what must be a
Blog In A Mirror Dimly I stepped onto the elliptical at the Y this morning. It was just before the sun came up when I got there. As I jacked up the music and got
Blog Love Without An Agenda I love the way Bob Goff writes. "Love Does" was a great book for me. It encouraged me to seek out extravagant ways to love without condition (I'm not good
Blog The Lord's Army Reserve I once had the choice to be a full-time soldier, or live my life and be a soldier too. I chose... wisely. That choice has shaped my life, mostly for
Blog Self Love John Cooper of Skillet posted a terrific message on Facebook yesterday. #marriagemonday I love this woman! However, it’s come to my attention that perhaps I’ve been doing marriage
Blog Savor 2020 SAVOR : verb (used with object) to give a savor to; season; flavor. to perceive by taste or smell, especially with relish: to savor the garden's odors. to give oneself to
Family Lunch Bag Art I'm not sure when it started. At some point, I began drawing things on my kids lunch bags when they had to take a sack lunch to school. It was
Family Dama Del Mar As tends to happen from time to time, my son put off a school project until much later than he should have. So instead of spending a week or two
Recipes Mom's Apple Crisp One of my favorite desserts of all time, is an apple crisp. And there are none in existence quite like my mom's. So when it was asked of me to
Blog A Day of Grateful In this week leading toward Thanksgiving 2019, I find myself incredibly grateful. I would love to think that I'm always grateful, but I'm not. The truth is far less beautiful
The Ambrose School Earnestly Amazing The Ambrose School's high school drama students performed The Importance of Being Earnest this weekend. I had the pleasure of being able to take some photos of them for the
Backpacking Langer Lake Backpacking We’ve done lots of camping over the years. My wife and I have even done some backpacking. As a family though, we’ve never actually gone backpacking together. So
Adventure Beach Camping on Arrowrock We camped on the beach at Arrowrock Reservoir on Friday night. If you were in or around Boise on Friday night, you know the weather was… CRAZY. There were some
Photography MC-11 Works With EF-S Lenses I’ve used Canon cameras since 1996 when I picked up a Canon AE-1 at a second-hand store. When I got into digital, it’s been all Canon. The need
Adventure An Outdoor Weekend This weekend was spent mostly in the outdoors. We watched a movie in the field behind our church, we hiked into a high mountain lake, and we had church outside.
crafts Popsicle Stick Ninja Stars I grew up firmly in the middle class. Definitely not wealthy, but certainly not poor either. We had plenty of toys and Lego to play with, but some of the
Family Willow Creek Campground My wife had an outing this weekend, so the kids and I went camping Friday night. We loaded up and headed past Arrowrock Reservoir to see if we could find
development Image Placeholders In Web Design and Development There you are. You’re building out the next great web app that will revolutionize the world. Or you’re just building a website for a friend. You
character Such A Gomer From the urban dictionary: gomer: 1. a stupid oaf, a social rejectI love watching The Andy Griffith Show with my kids. There are always good lessons. The episode where Gomer
My 40th Year Wait a minute. I’m not turning 40! It’s my 39th birthday. That means I’m starting my 40th year alive today. I’ve seen it coming for a
movies Kingsman: The Golden Circle by Matthew Vaughn I joined some friends for a birthday celebration at the movies. The birthday boy chose Kingsman: The Golden Circle. In case you don’t read further, I’ll cut to
movies Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan In most cases, a movie not enjoyed is a precursor to a poor review. I did not ENJOY Dunkirk. This does not mean that it was anything less than amazing.
Blog I Want To Listen To Vinyl Records I’ve been thinking about buying a record player lately. That’s right, good ‘ole vinyl. I’m not sure what got me thinking that direction, but the more I
Blog Tales From The Road It was short notice and unexpected, but I got a call tonight to shoot some “retired” hockey pros. They were in need of a few marketing shots for their up
