Reynolds Life and Times

Please Test The Comments on this Blog Post

// September 30th, 2009 // 44 Comments » // Personal

I don’t think I have ever asked the few readers who follow the wife and I to just goof off in our blogs comments before. Well, now I need you to get crazy with it.

I have built a threaded commenting system for a little side project and I need help to see if it works. So, if you are reading this in facebook or somewhere else, please go now to this post and put in something from the English language. The idea of what we built is to have live commenting so other readers on the post can interact in a more timely way.

Are We Generous?

// September 15th, 2009 // No Comments » // Christianity, Family Values, Ministry, Parenting, Personal, Theology

Today at the church where I work we brought in some folks from the National Christian Foundation to discuss the topic of Generosity. Not just talking about giving here, but about our hearts condition toward being benevolent, poured out, and surrendering our rights. Was really cool to spend the day watching videos and processing what it meant to us individually with-in small groups. At the end, all the staff broke up into 8 groups and listed out what could be possible if our whole church caught an infection of generosity. My group alone came up with 19 world-changing outcomes of a large group of people becoming ridiculously generous.

House Rules

// August 12th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Personal

A family values discussion was introduced by me a few years ago on this blog and it went no where. Probably just too heavy of a discussion, I don’t know. To this day I am still concerned about whether I am teaching my kids the right things or not, and if the values my parents seeded within me will transfer to them.

What Unemployed Men Need

// June 29th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Business, Career, Personal, Relationships

Recently a good friend of my wife and I came home to her husband (who is also my hunting buddy) laid off from his job. Others provided the typical responses of shock and disdain for the former employer I am sure. Having been laid off three times in my short technology career of 13 years, I provided some really straight talk to her about what her husband needed. I guess it was helpful or something because she shared it with others and they seemed to like it too. In case it is useful (and I hope it never has to be), here is what unemployed men need in my humble opinion:

Burying a Grandmother

// February 3rd, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Community, Family, Family Values, Personal, Prayer

We buried my grandmother on Saturday and my dad asked me to conduct the graveside service. It was a great honor and blessing to do this for my family and my grandmother. Far from a pastor, I admittedly borrowed from my friend David Helbig’s previous memorials and a 1920’s era book titled “The Pastor’s Ideal Funeral Book”. I wanted the service to be formal but personal. Everyone seemed to be happy, so I trust my grandmother would have been as well.