One topic of study currently in the Campbell home is astronomy. Mom and most of the children are part of a home schoolers co-op that go through science curriculum together, and this year’s topic for the middle kids is the science of space. (My favorite! Our kids had a leg up on everyone else as…
Year: 2013
Trust
A while back, I was having a conversation with a friend about the centrality of trust to Jesus’ teaching in the gospels, and Scripture as a whole. It seems to be a foundational principal of Kingdom thinking. We were discussing the various tenets of faith, and trust, and belief, and as we hashed it out…
Beautifully Stained
I wrote a new song recently. Actually, I wrote two. (That was quite odd. Two in one day was a new experience for me.) To be fair, these songs are not actually yet fully complete. I’m certain that I will tweak them musically as well we lyrically. But for the most part, two near-complete songs…
The Blame Game
Deep within the heart of mankind is a hesitancy, if not an outright refusal to accept responsibility. Some of us are able to work up the courage on occasion, but generally our first (and second, and third) response is to point the finger at someone else. Yesterday a friend told me a story he had…
Direct-To-Consumer Content: The Future?
I’m never one to do something “because that’s the way we’ve always done it”. My wife accuses me often of nearly the opposite: doing something differently simply for the sake of being different! She may be right, but it’s not out of spite or any sort of malice. I do enjoy variety, that’s for sure….
Buffalo Bills: Upheaval… Partly.
Today is Football Day in America. Actually, around most of the entire globe. People everywhere are excited about “The Big Game” played on this first Sunday of February. The best two teams in the NFL—perhaps the greatest sports league in the world—clash in a winner-takes-all contest for ultimate supremacy! But I’m thinking about the draft,…
How Do You Watch TV?
Are you a current TV show watcher? Do you watch one or more new and/or current television shows as they air new episodes weekly? I don’t qualify as (anywhere close to) an avid current TV Watcher, but I do enjoy a few currently running shows. One characteristic of many current shows (at least, the ones…
Sex Sells (Apparently)
I wouldn’t usually post such photos here. But I guess I’m trying to make a point. Have we really gotten so used to seeing women in their underwear (or less) that it doesn’t even slightly surprise us? (My hope is that when you saw the photo for this post on my website, you were surprised,…
Eating Better
It’s not a New Year’s Resolution, really, but since around January 3rd or so, I’ve been eating better—and I’m already really noticing the effects of it! Around the holidays (which, in America means October 31st through January 1st, give or take a few days or weeks) we are inundated with all kinds of wonderful foods,…
Scattering, or Gathering?
Recently I was catching up on some podcast listening and enjoyed hearing Wayne Jacobsen’s response to an article by John Burton. I am unfamiliar with Mr. Burton, but in general, his interpretation of observable trends does seem to differ from mine—at least, his conclusions certainly differ. His article is titled: “You are NOT the church:…