Joseph F. Radosevich

An extended family member teased me about why I introduce my kids to music like The Beatles, Eric Clapton, and Coldplay. Why would I not limit our music to Christian music? Because the whole world belongs to the Lord. It's his world and the beauty, truth, and goodness in it all come from him. It can be marred by sin, but beauty comes from the Lord wherever we find it. That goes for nature, literature, art, and music. It's all his. It also all points to the  beauty, truth, and goodness that come from him. In the same way that all the sun's rays come from the sun, all the beauty of the world points back to the one who is beautiful. We do have to be discerning in some of the content that we introduce the kids to. There are some things that are obscene and never appropriate. There are some things I want to help them think about rather than just keep it off limits to our eyes and conversation like a nude Greek kouros in an art museum. There are some topics best left for married ...

Pat Flynn's book Strong On is the best book I've read on fitness. I picked it up and have been using the workouts this winter and spring. What I love: It's fast. Warm-up. Workout for 20 minutes. Stretch. Move one. It's simple. The book explains just enough, but not too much. It's flexible. Even though it is simple, the workouts and the schedules combine for enormous variety and cover most goals. It's got one tool. Part of being simple is the fact that these workouts use just some kettlebells (and occasionally push-ups). I have a lot of equipment, but that can make it hard because I have to choose which equipment, which exercise, which rep range,etc.  It's comprehensive. This covers all the bases. In my workouts this week, I will cover strength, endurance, mobility, and fat loss. I've read a lot of fitness books. This is the most user-friendly.  I'm not recommending it because I get money for it. I'm not a referral website (even though I'm no...

 One of my New Year goals was to do one challenge each month. January--I relearned cursive. It is so much fun that I use it all the time now. I write with fountain pens and cursive is much better with a fountain pen. February--I took a photo every day. Most days were a little more artistic than normal. I didn't enjoy this challenge as much. March--I checked out a couple of learn-to-draw books from the library and drew one picture each day. I focused on learning new skills. It was awesome and took my doodling to a new level. April--I'm learning to judge temperatures in Celsius. After 6 days, it's not so hard.