Eyes Wide Open

This is what a ruptured ear drum looks like:
This can happen when one wipes out face-first while on water-skis. It happened to me as I was dropping one ski to begin my slalom run. I lost my balance and the rest is history. The doc said it will likely heal on its […]

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We returned Thursday night from D/FW after a great 4 day visit with my family. Heather and I decided last week that we would celebrate our 8th anniversary at some point during our trip, so on Wednesday night the kids stayed with Grandma and Grandpa while we were out on the town.
We both […]

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It was 45 days ago I returned from Malawi after spending a total of 17 days away from home. Though this was not my first trip to Africa, the lessons learned were many, including:
I do not plan to be away from home this long ever again while our kids are so young.
That said, my […]

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Here are a few highlights:
If you haven’t seen the pics of our son demolishing his first birthday cake, well, it’ll make you smile.

Dan Kimball has a great take on the Mac/PC sub-culture wars:
Not ashamed of the PC
Trevin Wax interviews NT Wright on his new book Surprised by Hope
Central Washington offers the Ultimate Act of Sportsmanship. […]

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A consortium of Christian campus ministries at TU have come together to sponsor a week of 24/7 prayer. At the heart of campus, near the chapel, is a 10×10 tent that has been set up for this purpose. Inside is carpet, a few bean-bags and pillows, a guitar, a map of the world, […]

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In case you haven’t noticed, Eyeswideopenblog.com recently underwent a bit of a face-lift. The template is a WordPress theme called Cutline 3-column split.
The banner pic at the top of the page is an image taken by my good friend Paul McEntire. Any guess on whose little foot you see hiding in the […]

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This is just plain sad…
Couple seek lost dog given away

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After a short hiatus from blogging, I’m back.
Since I’ve been away, our son Andrew has grown to more than a whopping 23 lbs. and is ready to begin crawling. Sarah’s vocabulary is slowly growing, and she goes pee-pee on the potty about 1,234,453 times per day. She had a wonderful Christmas, learning how […]

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Almighty God, author of life, You crafted Andrew and You called him by name, long before we ever knew he would make his way into the world and right straight into our family through the miracle of adoption. We give you thanks for our family and for this covenant community that promises to nurture […]

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Wow.
Not sure what to make of this…part of me wants to laugh as the odds of this happening must be slim, but most of me would rather cry.
Online couple cheated with each other

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