Monument BLOG

It has been a wild couple of weeks. And not something I would want to go through ever again. I'll give you mostly the highlights, and you can look some things up if you want more details. But all-in-all, I know God was with me the whole time, and there was lots to be...

As you will see in the next sections, it has been quite a week. It appears I may be going to both Vietnam and Rwanda this summer. Vietnam is taking some hoop-jumping to get there as this is an Asian School ONLY tournament and we are not that. However, the tournament...

I just got back from the Jacksonville tournament, and it was a blast to see many students from the camps I did last summer. There were some from Georgia, and Florida, including one from a camp I did over four years ago in Naples. It was great to see old friends and...

I was just reading about Tim Allen of "Home Improvement," "Last Man Standing," "The Santa Clause," and the voice for Buzz Lightyear, has just finished his first time through the Bible. He took it slowly and methodically, spending 13 months to complete the task. The...

Super Bowl Sunday has come and gone. We went to our son's house for a 'watch party' but more so to be with family and friends. We would have watched more had it been the Broncos and Seahawks, but such is life. And for halftime, we skipped the SB show and opted to...

It has been a week for me. I started feeling under the weather Monday morning, and that quickly went downhill into a full blown flu like I haven't had in many moons (or years for those who count that way). I was in bed the rest of Monday, except for the classes I...

After months of prep, MHQ 2026 is now in the rearview mirror and I am looking toward my next event, which will be for World Schools Debate in Istanbul, Turkey. I leave Wednesday afternoon. The tournament is Saturday through Monday. Some of the students are headed that...

The New Year has come, and so has my tournament, MHQ. Today is set up day, and tomorrow begins the competition. And so also begins some of my more busy times of the year. While I look forward to all of my travel, it does take a...