Whatever your thoughts are about Barry Bonds being at 713 career home runs, here's an interesting editorial from USA Today called "No Scientific Evidence," giving plenty of reasons beyond steroids for why baseball players today are so much stronger than they were in the past. The reasons include: Better nutrition, from childhood to adulthood Better …
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Graywacke
Our cat, Graywacke, died of kidney stones in Bucharest a couple weeks ago. To have a pet is to have a piece of nature in the home. It will be difficult to move back to Bucharest and not have him there. © Kevin Nelstead (click on image to enlarge) Where did I come up with …
Lightning
Many weekends, we travel to churches that support us in our work as missionaries with the Evangelical Free Church International Mission. This past weekend, we were at Elim EFC in the Chicago suburbs. Shirley spoke at a women's luncheon on Saturday, and I preached on Sunday. Driving through central Illinois on the way back to …
The Science of Marital Bliss
I usually stay away from articles from the "soft science" fields of sociology and psychology, but How to Make Your Wife Happy at LiveScience.com got my attention. "The key ingredient to a woman's marital bliss is her husband's emotional commitment, suggests a new study based on a survey of 5,000 couples across the country." Commitment …
Introduction Q&A
Q: With tens of millions of blogs already out there, why am I creating another? A: Because I have something to say, and hope I can say it better than much of what is out there. Q: What will this blog be about? A: My interests are broad, so I might comment about anything. But …
GeoChristian 