Monday Morning

Rarely does a morning start this well for me following a late-night Panthers loss to my least favorite team in the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys. I realize I’ll be hearing about this one for while, but I still hold the opinion that the Panthers are the better team. At 4-4, they will, however, [...]

Lost Post

I had a post all typed up and just before I posted it, the computer monster ate it! Suffice to say, I don’t have time to retype it but it basically said this-

I am thankful the portable DVD player we got for Christmas last year from Kat- it will make the 2 and 1/2 [...]

Go Bulldogs!

Tomorrow is Wingate’s Homecoming. With the exception of a couple years, Jenny and I have gone back each year to see old friends. The campus has changed. The football team has changed (they are nationally ranked in NCAA Division 2!). Even the people I see have changed (with the addition of [...]

Chirping Smoke Alarm

My battle with the smoke alarm began last weekend (October 14-15). It woke me up before 5am the first morning and then again the next morning. Well, long story short, I got the thing to finally stop chirping after two trips to Lowe’s, though I never installed the new alarm. Well, yesterday, [...]

Psalm 127

Psalm 127 (ESV)
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
1Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. 2It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest,eating the [...]

Catch up

SaturdayKing’s Dominion was a great time! I really enjoyed getting to hang out with teenagers again- reminded me of my youth ministry days! My favorite ride was “The Volcano.” We got back at around 12:30am and Jen and I ended staying up talking til 2am.
SundayI got up at 6am- a rather tired [...]

Dragonfly Cake

Jenny’s Mom loves dragonflies. So, for her birthday dinner, Jenny made her a dragonfly cake. It was really good and she made up the design herself! Isn’t she talented? Here are some other cakes she’s done recently:Luke’s giraffeLuke’s Beach BallZoe’s “Dora”
At some point, maybe I’ll go back onto our photo archives [...]

Family Trip to the State Fair

This past Tuesday, due to Ann’s surgery (which was rescheduled), and the Associational Annual Meeting (which we attended at Cedar Falls), I rescheduled my “day off” so that I could take my family to the State Fair. In truth, I have hated the Fair since I was in High School, but Jen loves it [...]

Luke’s Teeth

About 5pm yesterday, while I was still at church, Jenny gives me a call that Caleb had chipped Luke’s two front teeth. She said that about 1/4 of one was missing and the other was merely chipped. I called the dentist only to learn how very little they can do. Sadly, once [...]

Homecoming at Carroll Memorial

I am honored to have been asked to preach this year’s homecoming at Carroll Memorial, the church where I served from Summer ‘01 to Summer ‘04. I am super excited to get the opportunity to go back and see old friends. I took the above picture today when I had lunch with Carroll’s [...]