The Porter Family

Monopoly®, Legos® and American world dominance (Part 1)

I was probably 9 years old the first time I was exposed to half the secret of ensuring the economic future of many Americans. In a hotel room in Germany, a friend pulled out the box. Supposely a game, Monopoly made no sense to me. Quickly labeled boring, the board was quickly abandoned by the younger ones for more entertaining diversions, like hide and seek, and legos.

The Widows Portion: The arrogance of the Prophet

As I’ve begun looking ahead at 2012, I can’t seem to get away from the story of the Elijah and the widow.

Elijah is on the run from the King, because the prophet proclaimed drought in Israel. For a while he camps out by a brook and has a pretty nice gig where birds feed him every day. Wonder who lost food to the birds? Then he goes on the run from his own prophecy.

I must be a bad father. I really must. I don't think Christmas is a family holiday. Thanksgiving, sure. Memorial Day. Father's Day. Mother's Day. The list goes on. 

Results are in from the Tanzania national exams. Thousands and thousands of students were caught cheating. Amidst a national uproar, the issue of teacher pay and renumeration is again in the news. 

The thinking and the easy argument is this. Teachers are so poorly paid, how can they be expected to perform in the classroom. How can they teach in this terrible situation.

Dreams

I read this post by Seth Godin and it really got me thinking.

What are your dreams? The American dream has now become the Global Dream. Big House, multiple cars, wealth, health, prestige, and indulgence. But is that really your dream? I mean really? And when did we as believers buy the American Dream at the expense of God’s dream?

Just a quick update. I spoke with the german surgeon who operated ont eh young man today. She put a plate on his femur and an external stabilization on his ankle. He most likely will need a couple more surgeries on his ankle but he is NOT going to lose his leg, and he should recover almost completely with time. We can not express our relief and thanks to God for his intervention. Thanks for praying.

A Terrible Accidents and outcomes

Yesterday afternoon, we struck a pedestrian in the middle of the highway. Here is a quick report and request for prayer.

I'm glad for my twitter feed because if it weren't for that, this website would be a very quite place. But just keeping up most days seems a full time job. This weekend alone we have an overnight for adult single ladies at my house. Course I'm taking off with the kids and staying elsewhere. Tahnya and the ladies will be hanging here all night.

Then tomorrow we have our first Ocean musical. I'll be posting pictures on my flickr page for sure. 

I've been on a Journey since somewhere around 2003. Maybe it was before that, but until then I didn't know it. A Journey of dissatisfaction with my own spiritual walk and depth of my faith. In this Journey, a number of men have played significant roles. I've met one of them, read several of them. Erwin McManus and Rob Bell were the 2 guys that resonated most with me. Now comes "Love Wins." I won't read the book. The reviews are pretty clear. And no, I don't need to read it for myself. That argument doesn't even make sense.

Ever wonder why some people have such long claws? You know them, even love them. You see amazing potential in them but… and it’s a big but. (Stay with me, not that kind) they’ve got claws. Get close and you’ll get hurt. They never do anything, but boy they can hurt others.