Life in a Different Rhythm

These last couple of days have been different.
Very different.
I’ve been home in Granite Bay/Carmichael, CA since Christmas morning, and it has been a wonderful opportunity to step away from the fracas of daily life in O’side and spend my days a little bit differently for a little while.  I thought I’d share a few highlights [...]

The Kiley Christmas Letter

Hopefully many of you will be receiving this via e-mail, but in case we accidently missed your e-mail address (sorry!), here is our Christmas letter:

Dear Friends and Family,

Merry Christmas! We hope that this update finds you at the tail-end of a very blessed year. We have experienced abundant growth and joy in 2008, and [...]

Being annoying doesn’t pay

So I realize that I have (unintentionally) pretty much taken the month of December off from blogging, but this news story out of Brighton, Michigan, is just too good to allow me to continue my blogging silence. I figure everyone should know about this, especially anyone who may be considering a move to Brighton.
According to [...]

Choosing Joy

I’m getting ready to teach on “joy” this week at Seven24 as part of our Advent series.  I’ll admit, it has been a bit of a hectic week that has not been especially joyful, but I nonetheless have been thinking through everything I plan to say on Sunday and trying with some success to practice [...]

“We praise you, oh Ford, for you are fearfully and (not so) wonderfully made.”

I’m really not sure how to introduce this picture, so here it is:

Yes, that is a church, and yes, upon its altar are, naturally, three lovely SUVs made by our economically challenged friends at GM.
Stunning.
Just for kicks, here’s another picture:

And just for good measure, here’s a video:

From the video: “I’m preaching [...]

McLaren on Obama’s ‘Ethic of Responsibility

Recently, president-elect Barack Obama did an interview with Barbara Walters.  During the course of the interview, several aspects of our economic crisis were discussed, including the lavish lifestyles of the CEOs of companies that are asking for bailouts.  Obama had this to say…
“… When people are pulling down hundred million dollar bonuses on Wall Street, [...]

16

It’s been a busy week around here and I haven’t had much to blog about, so I thought I’d post this over here just for funsies. Anyhoo, what are your “16″?

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 16 personal random facts, habits, or goals. At the end, choose 16 [...]