February 2008
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Look at my handsome nephew – Noah Wesley Hagerman
My little sister Jennifer, my little sister, has a baby. I know when you are are 28 and married that is what you do but it is hard to believe. She is my little sister and it is a little shocking. I still have the image burned into my mind of when I walked into [...]
Personal Challenges #3: Daily Bible Reading in Common Book of Prayer
In the last few years, I have been lax in my daily Bible reading. Partly due to me making a point to read deeper for longer periods of time rather than shorter daily readings. Basically, when I went to read, I wanted to read longer and deemphasize the shorter readings. I realize short daily readings [...]
Happy 6th Engagement Anniversary to Shannon and I
6Â years ago on the day after Valentine’s Day 2002 I proposed to Shannon Varden. Leading up to the day, I had left little clues here and there about the announcement. For example, I put a note under her desk and had her friend call her and say she had a feeling there was something [...]
More College Basketball
My trip to GSA was successful and quite productive. However, the weather in DC caused my flight to be delayed and thus I missed my connecting flight in Detroit. I spent Tuesday night in a Super 8 in Detroit and caught a morning flight to Nashville on Wednesday morning. Glad to be home. My favorite [...]
2 good basketball observations-Part 1
My favorite spectator sport is college basketball. I recently read two articles which I thought made good observations about the sport I closely follow. The first was about Bob Knight’s retiring. Ken Pomeroy has made a name for himself in the last few years through astute and insightful analysis of college basketball statistics. His ratings [...]
Personal Challenges #2: Focus on Quality Time with Jacob
Another one of my personal challenges this year is to be deliberate and consistent in spending quality time with Jacob. Through these first couple of years, you spend so much time on the care part of rearing your child. You do interact and play with him but the “play” is very light. It is all [...]
