Family of Eight Heads to the Mission Field – Again

It’s still one of the most amazing things that has happened in my life; the time my parents uprooted me and my five siblings from our home in Minnesota and headed off to be missionaries in Nigeria. That’s eight plane tickets, eight sets of luggage, six children ages six to fourteen and four flights to…

In Accordance With the Scriptures

One thing that struck me about the Easter stories this year was that, even though the disciples had just witnessed the greatest, most miraculous event in human history, they still saw the importance of Scripture in the life of the Church. Luke’s narrative of the events that took place on Easter Day has two instances…

The Research Project – Week 9, Florida Mosquitoes

Just in time for the start of mosquito season, the University of Florida has released its results on a study about why mosquitoes are attracted more to some people but not others. Working with researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine the study found, for the first time, an underlying genetic component…

The Research Project – Week Eight, Delaware Denominators

The Institute of Education Sciences, a research branch of the U.S. Department of Education, has awarded a $10 million grant to University of Delaware Prof. Nancy C. Jordan and her two colleagues, Lynn Fuchs at Vanderbilt University and Robert Siegler at Carnegie Mellon University, to fund a five-year research and development center aimed at understanding…

2015 Art in Bloom

Here are pictures from our trip to the 2015 edition of Art in Bloom at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. This event features over 150 floral arrangements designed to interpret the diverse artworks in the Institute’s collection. it is by far the most popular event that is held at the museum each year. Best of…