Marine David Hedrick at Baird Town Hall

HedrickDavid --August 22, 2009
"I, David William Hedrick, a member of the silent majority, decided that I was not going to be silent anymore. So, I let U.S. Congressman Brian Baird have it. I was one questioner out of 38, that was called at random from an audience that started at 3,000 earlier in the evening. Not expecting to be called on, I quickly scratched what I wanted to say on a borrowed piece of paper and with a pen that I borrowed from someone else in the audience minutes before I spoke. So much for the planned talking points of the right wing conspiracy."

Classics of the Christian Faith on CD

Max McLean has recently produced an audio CD set called Classics of the Christian Faith that includes The Conversion of St. Augustine (from Book Eight of His Confessions), Martin Luther’s Here I Stand, John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, Jonathan Edwards’ Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, and George Whitefield’s The Method of Grace.
I bought it, listened to each of them, and rejoiced! The Augustine, Luther, Edwards, and Whitfield items are each on a single CD. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is on 5 CD's. I am on my 4th trip through Pilgrim's Progress now.

Highly recommended!

Irving Chorale sings Beethoven's "Hallelujah" from "Mt. of Olives"

Hallelujah from Mount of Olives - Irving Chorale

Reunion for iPhone & iPod Touch

This is the reason my wife wanted an iPhone. We have been using Reunion on our Macs for over 10 years, and we are thrilled to now be able to carry our entire genealogy database around in our iPhones!
In fact I have three databases on mine: our large family (over 28,000 people), a smaller one of other families, and one of all the U.S. Presidents.

Right here on my phone I can look up any data I want, view pictures of ancestors, and enter new data or make corrections. Then when I get home I can download and merge the changes into the database on my Mac.

This is by far the most exciting application I have found for my iPhone!

Micah 7:7-9

7 Therefore I will look unto the LORD;
   I will wait for the God of my salvation:
   my God will hear me.

8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy:
   when I fall, I shall arise;
   when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD,
   because I have sinned against him,
   until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me:
   he will bring me forth to the light,
   and I shall behold his righteousness.

Melvin Earl Duke

My friend, Mel Duke, died on October 14, 2008, at the age of 75. Mel and and his wife, Mary Lou, are both very special to me. Mel spent countless hours discipling me when I was a young Christian, in 1959 and 1960, and I have never forgotten. We visited several times since then: in Wyoming, at Glen Eyrie (The Navigators headquarters in Colorado), in Riverside, and once at our home in Dallas.

Mel and Mary Lou served the Lord with The Navigators for over 40 years. They spent many years in Russia and Estonia, and just returned to America this year.

Last year I found his blog, and we traded several emails. A memorial web site has been established at Melvin Duke.

I will greatly miss him, as I am sure many will. But he is home now, with his Lord!

Good Books in Amharic

Brad and Betty Lapsley spent 10 years in Ethiopia as missionaries. They have collected lot of good books, including the whole Bible, written in Amharic (the language of Ethiopia), and they are freely available on their web site:

Fireproof -- the movie

Well, Becky and I did go to see this movie. And we loved it! It is very well done, and has a terrific message. Do your marriage a favor. I dare you to go see it.

Do you need more cowbells?

This is just for fun: you can go to the website and upload any mp3, and add all the cowbells you want. I uploaded a recording I made many years ago, of my daughter and me singing.

	Make your own at MoreCowbell.dj

Fireproof -- the movie

I look forward to seeing this movie, when it comes out in September!