Dave’s blog at giffmex.org

One of my many unfinished projects is to go through the Bible and jot down the questions that I have of the various passages: what do they mean, how are they to be lived out. These questions will form the basis for further study. I am hoping that making them a blog project will accomplish [...]

Many people think Cinco de Mayo is Mexican Independence Day, but actually Independence Day is celebrated in September. Cinco de Mayo is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, an important battle in Mexico’s history.
When we went to Mexico in 2005 we assumed Cinco de Mayo would be a big deal. But it was actually [...]

I woke up with a number of philosophical thoughts echoing from my unusually vivid dreams this morning. I figured the three and a half readers of this blog might help me sort them out in the comments section. The main thought on my mind as I woke up was this dilemma: Should I be pouring [...]

I am cleaning up the Gospels class I teach at the seminary, and one session is on the parables. So I am enjoying Klyne Snodgrass’ brand new book on the parables, Stories with Intent. This book is a masterpiece and a must for anyone thinking about preaching the parables. Snodgrass’ section on the parable of [...]

To those of you who follow our goings-on: we are happy to announce that last week we got news that most of the funds needed to buy a new(er) mission vehicle for us have come in, and that we have a donor family that is willing to cover the rest of the funds. Our goal [...]

…courtesy of First CRC of South Holland, IL.
http://www.firstchurchsh.net/Audio/2008-03-16-pm-RDG-24.mp3

For those of you who have a Firefox browser on either Mac or PC: if you haven’t tried the PicLens add-on to view photos from Google, Flickr, and other sites as a streaming 3D wall of photos with search capacity and an intuitive and fun interface, you are missing out. I was blown away. The [...]

Former president George H. W. Bush promised us a “kinder, gentler nation.” Did that promise come true? As someone who recently came back to the USA from three years in Mexico, I see my own nation with a new set of eyes. I discovered we have a kinder, gentler nation…
…one that invades other nations [...]

We just got back from Walt Disney World (after visiting a supporting church in Florida), and I thought I’d sum up my thoughts on our time there, for the three and a half people who read my blog.
1. Tastiest snack food I tried for the first time at WDW:

A big soft pretzel with spicy cheese [...]

I recently picked up a Gmail account at the invitation of a church friend. One neat feature of G-Mail is Google alerts. With Google alerts I chose several words and phrases that I want to track. As these show up in blog posts and Google discovers them, they get added to my inbox as links. [...]