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Happy 1st Birthday Alexis Grace
Milestones define most of our lives: The moment I met Ashley. The day we got married. The day she walked into my work to surprise me with the news of being pregnant. The day Alexis was born. I will never forget any of these moments for the rest of my life. All of them amazing and all of them transformational. Yet, as I lay Lexi in her crib last night I couldn’t help but start to cry. “I can’t believe … →
Lent Recap
By a show of hands, how many of you knew that Lent was 47 days? Okay you can put your hand down now & that goes for me too! After about 30 days of participating in a Lenten fast, I started to do some math and realized I would be about a week short of Easter if I only fasted from sugar for 40 days. I was confused. I thought Lent was 40 days? Well as it turns out Lent … →
When It’s Your Turn
A few weeks ago I posted about: what is the hardest thing you have endured? A few days later we watched and prayed for some friends who went through a horrible tragedy with the loss of their unborn daughter and the near death moments with the mother. Life is fragile and with any given day or any given moment the pendulum can swing in your direction. Yesterday was our turn. My father in law Frank has a older son from … →
Be encouraged.
In Paul’s first letter to the church in Thessaloniki , he offers some closing words in chapter 5. “For God chose to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us. Christ died for us so that, whether we are dead or alive when he returns, we can live with him forever. So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.” AMAZING. God chose to save us because … →
Creating Doubt
Lately I have been thinking a lot about . . . DOUBT. Do you think it is healthy for churches, pastors or Christians in general to engage in conversations that create doubt? I think that this whole hullabaloo about Rob Bell‘s book Love Wins, will cause some who read it to doubt things that they have been taught about the Christian faith or its traditions. I believe that at times during Bell’s book he creates a doubt in the mind … →
Lent – Day 20
Well, we are halfway. 20 days in and 20 days to go. How has your fast for Lent been doing? I last wrote on Day 8, but things have turned the corner dramatically over the last twelve days. I am so grateful that I actually wrote out some of the goals I wanted to accomplish because I really feel a sense of accountability to the things I am trying to see happen over the 40 days of Lent. It really … →
Lent – Day 8
If you were to ask my wife about how my first week of Lent went, she would respond with just one word: CRANKY. Last week Wednesday when Lent started I posted that I had a specific plan to cut back the amount of sugar I was consuming to the recommended daily amount for adult males (37.5 grams) from an average of over 200 grams I had been consuming blindly. What I have come to realize is that there are all … →
What is the hardest thing you have endured?
What is the hardest thing you have ever endured? Did you choose this thing or was it inflicted upon you? In recent days I have not lived through anything remotely difficult, but I have been a viewer of three different types of events that have got me thinking. Although drastically different the events that I have seen transpire over the last few days have left me wondering what is the hardest thing I have endured through and at the end … →