Great Message

Bryan delivered a great message yesterday at church. The drama set him up and he spiked the ball hard (excuse the volleyball analogy) to motivate all of us to think differently about the random encounters with other people we experience. Using Jesus' own life and some thoughts from a book called Consequential Strangers both Ingrid and I were challenged to rethink our finances.

We did some work and cut back in places to make space for some money that can be used to bless others. So now its up to God to tell us where to use the money he has provided to bless others.

Thanks Bryan for a challenging and thought provoking message. To hear it go to http://www.grace.org/audio and listen to the message Consequential Strangers.

Fall, Falling, Fallest

Fall is definitely here and with so much going on at work and at home, whose got time to blog, let alone read them.

But thought I would give a quick update: Kevin at school for his first pre-school year, Connor is turning one and Ingrid and I have celebrated our 10th Wedding anniversary at L'Espelier. I highly recommend it. We booked the chef's table (in the kitchen) and enjoyed an 18 (yes 18) course dinner. The courses were small in size but we left the evening solidly full and having eaten a range of dishes for the first time:

caviar, frog's legs, oysters, cucumber foam (yummy), rabbit, escargot and more. Check it out as it is worth every cent for the memory (but it is way, way up there in price!)