Lessons From The Tour: The Long Road Ahead

FROM AP –After an arduous 20 stages, Floyd Landis vaulted into the annals of cycling lore with Sunday’s win in the 103rd Tour, crowning a stunning comeback. All but written off after cracking in the final climb last Wednesday, the Phonak team leader managed a stunning rebound on Thursday on the the last mountain stage, [...]

Lake Michigan Baptism

Today, more than 75 people got out of bed early, went down to Lake Michigan and in cold water and in front of more than 300 people, publicly professed their faith in Jesus Christ by being baptized in Lake Michigan. The annual ceremony took place at 7 a.m. at North Avenue Beach, and was followed [...]

Landis: Another American Star is Born

Soft-spoken Floyd Landis let his heart, courage and legs do the talking in the final time trial, know as the “Race of Truth”, and came out a winner, gaining 59 seconds on his friend and old teammate, Oscar Pereiro. And with the herculean effort on stage 17, (see this writeup), Floyd Landis has exploded into [...]

Landis on YouTube

Floyd Landis’ Miracle 17th stage Effort on YouTube

Tour de France: Ullrich Gets the Boot

WOW! What a swing of emotions this week in professional cycling!  Floyd Landis showed his human side in bonking on Wednesday, then rebounded with superhuman desire and ability on Thursday in the greatest one day ride I have ever seen, then the hammer gets dropped today on Jan Ullrich.  I am not sure my heart can [...]

“Greatest One Day Ride in Tour de France History”

Floyd Landis proved he has a guts and heart of a champion and wrote himself into the record books with the ‘greatest one day ride in the history of the 103-year Tour de France’. He attacked for more than 140 km attack on the peloton and the maillot jaune, and erased 7:38 of his time [...]

Landis: BONK!

The Tour de France proved today it remains unpredictable and one of the world’s great sporting events. Today’s stage 16 — 120 miles with tortious mountain climbs — witnessed the agony and the ecstasy of high athletic drama. The agony was wrapped up in the bonk of Floyd Landis, who went into today wearing the [...]

Genesis 3: The Fall

Genesis 3 – The Fall of Man 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit [...]

Download Movies to DVD Burner

I am a big movie buff and when I hear of advancements in technology benefitting the consumer, I am the first to jump for joy.  Today was a good day, with online movie seller CinemaNow unveiling a new service that allows customers to download a movie from the Internet and copy it onto a DVD [...]

Genesis 1 – “Every”

As we start our ACT ONE: Genesis series two week ago at Park, I have spent a good deal of time re-reading the this key account of creation and the fall of man. As I spent time reflecting on this powerful passage, I began to notice somethig that I didn’t in the past. Seven times [...]

Podcasting for Churches

Over the last six months, Park has made a huge commitment to the internet and to providing our messages in many formats.  We have upgraded our technology, our team, and our know-how, and have begun podcasting our Sunday messages.  When I went to on the web, I thought it would be a straightforward process to podcast.  [...]

Tour de France – The Leadership Game

Who wants to be the leader?  In a very interesting tactical move, Phonak, led by Floyd Landis, has decided not to wear the leader’s maillot jaune in the run up to the Alps stages this week.  Only time will tell if this is a good strategy.  It seems to be a good move from my [...]

The Sobriety of Death – Part 2

Why do we fill our days with endless activities? — of pushing ahead, climbing the ladder, etc. Life is about relationships….a vertical relationship with the Creator and horizontal relationship with other humans (our family, our friends, our neighbors, our co-workers, etc). As I look at someone like Sara Western Garavaglia who only had a little [...]

Imagine More Building Update – July 2006

Imagine More is the name of our current journey to provide a permanent church home for Park at 1001 N. Crosby. Following a successful stewardship campaign to raise funds for our building last fall, we have now entered into a season of planning and permitting, followed by the beginning of demolition work at our property. [...]

The Sobriety of Death – Part 1

Yesterday, a old friend Sara Western Garavaglia, who I admired for her worshipful life and her beautiful singing voice, passed away, having just past her her forty-first birthday. She was one of my alltime favorite worship singers, who could reach way into her soul as she sang songs of praise to God. Wrought by cancer, [...]

Coffee – The “Healthy” Drink?

I’m up early getting ready to go to my Men’s breakfast bible study and enjoying a good cup of “joe”. I am a guy who loves getting up early and enjoying the quiet start to the day with some coffee, before the four kids wake up.I’ve been catching a numner of stories in the news [...]

Boston: Quietly Experiencing Revival

I love to think about and dwell on the influence that world-class cities have on the rest of the world and the awesome potential impact we can have for the Kingdom if we harness that influence through an inside-out strategy. Impacting the city for Christ from the inside and then seeing that Christian influence spread [...]

Mathematical Loop?

Got this game URL from Scot McNight of Jesus Creed, a fellow Chicagoan and great blogger. I am a big fan of math problems and this sort of game makes me squeal with delight! See if you can fool the computer at Mila Design. Once you have had your fill, here is the mathematical Mila [...]

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