The House that Dad Built

Traveled to Alturas for a meeting with USFS and passed through McArthur.





The Crummetts should recognize the house that was a home for portion of our childhood. Not much has changed. The house seemed smaller and I did not remember the grand view we had of both Mt. Shasta and Mt. Lassen from the front windows.

Brian Reagan

This guy is hilarious (Jake and Ryan even think so).

For the past two months Susan and I have been reading the The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name, written by Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Jago, to the boys. I recommend it - it not only covers the major stories from Genesis to Revelation, but it interweaves in some great theology. The artwork is interesting enough (and a little quirky) to keep Ryan interested and engaged.

To give you a taste, the second page reads:

"Now, some people think the Bible is a book of rules, telling you what you should and shouldn't do. The Bible certainly does have some rules in it. They show you how life works best. But the Bible isn't mainly about you and what you should be doing. It's about God and what he has done."

Spotted this video on Jollyblogger. It is a video of football coach John Gagliardiof of St. Johns University in Collegeville, MN. We played St. Johns every year when I played football for Pillsbury. I believe they beat us each year; my freshmen year we only lost two, maybe three, games. For decades, under this coach, St. Johns has had a very successful program.

This man understands grace. He does not create a performance based environment with manipulation like so many coaches do (player messes up - coach yells, intimidate with a dominate presence, or run everything by rules). From the interview, you can tell this coach cares more about his player's hearts than anything. Get to the heart and then you can build the knowledge and performance is a by product.

I pray this for my family.