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	Unexpected trips and a watery motel
	Posted Sunday, January 13 2008 at 2:17 PM
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	This past Tuesday my wife calls me and says, "Hey, the Dr. says Ryan needs to have his [ear] tubes removed. He can do it Friday. We'll need to get a motel because we have to be there by 6:30 in the morning. Can you get Friday off?" Huh? Once I let my brain absorb the information we made some whirlwind reservations and took off for Big Town some 150 miles away. The surgery went great and two hours after it was done, Ryan didn't even act as if anything had happened to him. He even wanted to go shopping (what had they done to my boy?) Of course he had an ulterior motive known as a DS Lite. The motel we stayed at gave us a great medical rate, but they also had a water park in the motel. My son couldn't go because of his ears, but my daughter went and she wants to go back - often. Two days later we're home again and we'll be heading off to church in a few minutes. Just wanted to let you know God is faithful in the unexpected things in life. He always has been.




	Merry Christmas
	Posted Saturday, December 15 2007 at 1:26 PM
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	Hi, my name is Glenn - it's been 4 months since my last post. lol Well, I'm gearing up for Christmas and I've still got a few loose ends to take care of, but then all of us do I suppose. It was just about two years ago many of us writer types were waiting to view the launch of this website. Like me other writers have suppliedat least a hundred articles since the doors open and we continue to write. Believe it or not we like it when you comment on our work. lol Don't be shy - even if you didn't like it. This site has been developed into a community and it's growing every day. A hearty congrats to Criag, Theresa and the rest on bringing this idea to life and allowing us to benefit from their vision. Merry Christmas to all, Glenn




	What About Glenn?
	Posted Monday, August 27 2007 at 1:37 AM
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	After this week I am a bit befuddled. Sorry if this seems too long; feel free to back out now if you want. lol Backstory… I have always had a creative streak and I've always wanted to do the best I could at anything I ever tried. In school I was not the most popular guy, nor was I the one nobody talked to. My senior year I had a guy say that I was part of the largest click he’d ever seen. It seems I was accepted by almost everyone. I didn't seek fame or popularity, but a measure of it came my way. When people would say something unkind I didn't seem to be bothered by their lack of civility. Many of those people ultimately became friends when they discovered I wasn’t mortally wounded by their verbal barbs. I've never really had what most people call "Best" friends, but I have a significant number of good friends and acquaintances – until I met my wife. I am a person that responds well to pressure, but doesn't seem to get too stressed out over life. Absorbing the personality atmosphere around me is important; it helps me understand people better and can assist me in knowing how to respond to them. So this makes me a 'sometimes' quiet guy to be around (it’s just that my brain is in overdrive). lol I have never been afraid to try something new (as long as it was something I wanted to try). This has led me to professional broadcasting, writing and most recently a comedy CD. All in all life has been a marvelous adventure.... so why the befuddlement? Someone I work with this week told me that I am a Type B personality. Strangely in all the years I have been alive it never occurred to me that knowing my personality type might be important. So, I looked up the definition... A type B person is patient, noncompetitive, relaxed and is considered to be less hurried and friendlier than a type A person. Type Bs can cope with stress effectively by controlling their anger and some people claim that this ability makes type Bs less predisposed to coronary heart disease. Type Bs are also believed to be creative, imaginative and philosophical. Well, now that describes me pretty good - on the other hand I can, and do from time to time, express Type A traits especially when it comes to projects I am working on. (Maybe I'm either a Type A- or a B+) lol. Understanding a bit of my temperament helps me to understand why others may not respond to problems the way I do. It helps me understand why my daughter feels such pain with rejection when it is less of an issue for me. It helps me understand why it is easier for me to agree with someone else’s idea without lobbying extra hard for my own. I’m a guy that actually shows little strong outward emotion. It’s not that I don’t have feelings, but I’m just a Steady Eddy. I don’t seem to get real depressed or sad and it’s rare for me to have a mountaintop experience. I think my brain is too busy creating something new to bother with outward emotion. (I do smile a lot, but don’t jump up and scream when I get something I’ve really wanted) lol My temperament is probably also why my management style is different than many, but that's OK. Just knowing a bit more about the possibilities of why I am who I am helps me understand why I am more prone to do things the way I do things and why certain things don’t fluster me much. I suppose the downside to all this creative philosophizing is that it doesn’t naturally occur to me to promote the things God has allowed me to do. Oh, I believe in them – never doubt that. If I didn’t I wouldn’t put as much, effort, blood, sweat and tears into the projects. Having people like Thomas Nelson, Regal and Bethany House take some of my work and run with is has been amazing. Working for a textbook company as lead writer has been incredible. Writing and producing my first comedy CD has been an extreme bright spot in my year. I love to hear how God used something I was privileged to work on to encourage, uplift or make someone smile. My boss read some stories that were in a Regal book I participated in. One story had him laughing and another on the brink of tears. Maybe that’s the gift of a creative, overly analytic, yet slightly twisted brain. lol Some of the audio productions I have worked on have had me feeling a bit like a doctor. Cold and clinical in execution, but when I listen back I am sometimes moved to tears because the audio presentation has taken on a life of its own that somehow happened when I was working (in a calculating way) to put it all together. I’m not sure why (or if) you needed to know any of this, but these are just some thoughts from a guy who’s discovered a little bit more about himself this week and is praising God that, just like you, I am fearfully and wonderfully made.




	Update on Ryan - Arm
	Posted Thursday, August 2 2007 at 3:57 PM
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	Well, Ryan had his cast and pins removed this week. He had infection in one of the pin holes (actually just slightly smaller than a penny). He started physical therapy, but the range of motion is his wrist is pretty small. We are asking if you would pray that he would regain as much range of motion as God would allow. In order to hold something flat in his hand Ryan has to move his elbow to the middle of his stomache in order to make his hand flat. Thanks.




	A Free Gift From Glenn
	Posted Monday, July 2 2007 at 2:09 AM
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	I put the Declaration of Dependence together for the ministry I manage. Please feel free to dowload a free copy (looks great on parchment paper. It is designed to look similar to the original Declaration of Independence, but is reflective of our dependence on God. I have left room at the bottom for you to sign (maybe along with members of your family, Sunday School, Bible Study, church, etc). As for me and my house... There were several pastors in our region that used this as the basis for their sermons this weekend. God is too good to me. Enjoy... Declaration of Dependence. Glenn




	Comedy CD - SKETCH - July 5th Release
	Posted Saturday, June 30 2007 at 7:06 PM
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	The CD is finished and will be released on July 5th. This has been a fun journey.




	Update on my son
	Posted Friday, June 22 2007 at 4:02 AM
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	Thanks for the prayers. The proceedure took two hours and was apparently much worse than the doctir thought once he opened up the arm. Two pins hold the bones together and a fiberglass cast is scheduled for next week (with six weeks wearing the thing). If you ever have a kid with a broken arm look into the purchase of Xerosox. It lets them go swimming - it's been great (I honestly didn't think it was possible.)




	Prayer request one more time
	Posted Wednesday, June 20 2007 at 1:01 AM
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	My son went in for his second week checkup and one of the bones slipped out of place sometime this past week and he is scheduled for surgery on Thursday at 1PM, so I will be leaving a bit early that day. They indicated pins would be required this time since it wouldn't set on its own.

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