Not Crazy About Exercise

Not Crazy About Exercise

I went for a jog the other day. I realize that the full impact of that sentence is probably lost on you, so I’ll try to give you some context. I have a friend named Joel. I told Joel a little while back that we should get together to chat and catch up. He responded by...
A Manly Talk Concerning Breasts

A Manly Talk Concerning Breasts

Struggling with my weight has been a constant theme throughout my life, but once I crossed over the 30-year mark things inexplicably got even more difficult. It was as if the little neurons controlling my metabolism had a secret union meeting that I wasn’t aware of:...
Picture-Perfect Piggies

Picture-Perfect Piggies

Our kunekune1pronounced “cooney-cooney” pigs are just amazing. Several times in the last year, on hearing that I’m a new pig owner, I’ve had farmers instruct me in swine safety protocols: “Be sure to keep your kids away from them. They’ll knock a kid down, and...
Is this the real life?

Is this the real life?

​“Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is...
Plexus: A Beginning

Plexus: A Beginning

[Below are a few entries from when I first started dabbling with Plexus.] Day 1 Alright…let’s see if this “pink drink” is all that they say it is… I’m starting off with an easy 40 extra lbs around my middle, chronic insomnia, and...
“Home” Again

“Home” Again

Well, we’ve been back in the States for almost 2 months now.1And it has been a CRAZY two months! For the sake of brevity I think I’m going to have to limit the scope of this particular post strictly to Callahan-specific ministry stuff. News pertaining to...
5 Days and counting…

5 Days and counting…

The chaos that is our life has settled down enough at present for me to sit down and get an update out for the masses. 1 “Masses,” in this case, is referring to the 8 people who still occassionally check our neglected website for new information. Before I...
God is Loaded

God is Loaded

“For all the animals of the forest are mine,and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.I know every bird on the mountains,and all the animals of the field are mine.” Psalms 50:10-11 I am not a proponent of the “prosperity Gospel.” I do not...
Counting Our Blessings

Counting Our Blessings

Our jungle-living experience significanlty improved the other day when our co-workers, the Tousches, finally rejoined us here in the bush! Yay! The old adage “better late than never” has never proved more true.2They were originally supposed to have come...