Visit MarmotDay.com

The Marmot Day celebration here at Covenant Eyes is becoming a major community event in Owosso, Michigan.  If you haven’t read about it yet, please visit our website at MarmotDay.com!  It will be fun, and you are welcome to join us July 27.  Also, be sure to enter the video contest ($1000 prize) and joke [...]

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Introduction Video to Marmot Day

Well, the first of the Marmot Day videos is up on YouTube. It is not being entered in the contest.  Rather, it is an introduction to Marmot Day and features Ce Marmot (Covenant Eyes’ marmot) showing us the site of the original 2002 Marmot Day.

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New Marmot Day Contest - Wood Chucking Contest

A brand new contest has been announced for Marmot Day.
How much wood could you chuck (toss) in 15 seconds?  How much wood could a wood chucker chuck in 15 seconds?  Well, we are going to find out!  On July 27, immediately following the Marmot Deliberation at 12:45 P.M. at Covenant Eyes’ office, wood chuckers from [...]

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What Is This “Marmot Day” Thing?

Seven years ago, a very good friend was going through a tough time, and we decided we needed to lighten things up.   It was one of those funny conversations that goes from nowhere to nowhere else.   One thing led to another, and before we knew it, we found ourselves planning the very first “Marmot Day” [...]

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I Had a Dream…

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but I just had to add this one.  If you have not seen this video, it will charge you up!  There’s a little Susan Boyle in all of us!
To view it, click here…

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A blogger named Luke

There once was a blogger named Luke
Who for spelling received a rebuke.
He claimed, “I’ve been framed!
And my name’s been defamed!
I’m sure that there’s been a mistuke!”

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$1000 Prize in Video Contest

Covenant Eyes will award $1000 to the best video entered in the July 27th Marmot Day Video Contest. Covenant Eyes’ office in Owosso, Michigan, is excited to host the annual Marmot Day celebration. This celebration is dedicated to marmots, which include woodchucks, ground squirrels, hedgehogs, etc. Watch our blog for more [...]

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Some thoughts on Groundhog Day

For good reason, those of us who live in the Midwest United States are getting anxious about the outcome of Groundhog Day.  Will the groundhog see its shadow, or not…  will winter go on for another month, or not?  This has been one of the snowiest winters in many years, so many of us, even [...]

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Total Remission

My 10th trip to Texas this year, to Houston’s MD Anderson cancer center, was quite a trip. I went down and back in one day, yesterday (9/11). Thanks to Dow Chemical Corporation for providing an angel flight on their corporate jet, because my last several flights have been “free.” I qualify that word because I [...]

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Building a Bridge With a Son Through Accountability

One of the key aspects of accountability is that it opens doors for communication.  It “breaks the ice,” so to speak.  It does this even for people who never get a high-scoring site, simply allowing the partner to ask the question, “How are you doing?”
Well, in this case, a son was indeed looking at pornography, [...]

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