Tiger Woods missed the cut at the British Open last Sunday. The world gasped: “He’s not supposed to miss a cut; he’s supposed to win the entire tournament.” But he missed the cut, which meant he had to go home after two rounds instead of playing the weekend of four rounds. He shot over par on several holes. He missed putts that he always makes. He was sent home early. Continue →
I’m sitting in Philadelphia Airport, waiting to fly down to meet some people in Atlanta. I have some time, so I’m writing this blog, and I got on our website. I was looking at our statement of faith; it’s pretty powerful. There were three things that stuck out, things I think we sometimes forget:
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On Sunday my family and I went to the battlefields of Gettysburg. I’d been there before when I was younger. I remembered having a powerful experience, and it did not disappoint me this time.
A couple of things stood out. One was the cost of internal conflict. The Civil War pitted brother against brother, family against family, Americans against Americans; the cost was the loss of over 600,000 lives, and the dignity of our nation as loving one another. It seems incredible that we could have an internal war, but that’s exactly what happened. Continue →
We had an interesting day in Washington, D.C. The Mall was filled with people with causes. There were people who wanted to protect the animals, who were fighting breast cancer, who were involved in political efforts. Continue →
Our whole family is at the Home Office for the next week or so. Our son, R.W., flew in from Chicago, where he lives and is going to grad school. Our daughter, Barrett, who will start at Westmont College this fall, is also here. They and RobAnne and I are all in our little apartment at the Home Office.
We decided, since we’re so close to Washington, D.C., to go this Fourth of July to the Mall. We knew we would have to fight the crowd and deal with the hassle, but we wanted to spend the Fourth of July in Washington, D.C. Let me give you the top ten things I loved about the day: Continue →
