A few of my friends have asked what’s up with the recent invite to a Facebook Page for "Backyard Bluegrass & BBQ." I thought I’d share why I sent the invite. First, an apologetic disclaimer: No one has said anything negative, but I now realize it may seem...
While a Sr. in High School (30+ yrs ago!!), I took the US military's ASVAB test, which lists your top career opportunities based on your aptitude. My #1? FUNERAL DIRECTOR!! I scoffed. I already knew I was headed for Bible College & would someday be a...
Representing over 55,000,000 children today are the countless mothers & fathers who have walked through one of the most difficult decisions of their lives that resulted in an abortion. We pray that each of them would know beyond a shadow of a doubt God's love...
I hope your day was as amazing as mine! Started with finding out our annual "A Promise for {insert year}" Guest Speaker for the first Sunday in January the last several years didn't show up as planned. When I called him, he was four hours...
It's been four weeks since I finished school. It feels great to be done, but I'm finding it taking longer to decompress than I expected. I figured it'd take some time to gain a sense of "normalcy" (I know...
Got these from a friend and found them hilarious! Thought I'd share the humor: I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong. I...
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the...
Well, the final day of Parent Weekend at Heritage went very well. We picked Jonathan up Sunday at 9:00 am and then went straight to a session with our therapist. We reviewed the events of the weekend, sharing a number of details with him about...
I think we tasted Heaven. I mean yesterday, in our Sunday celebration. The sanctuary was packed, which is usually not the case for a holiday weekend like the 4th of July. It wasn't packed because everyone decided to show up on an off weekend, though. It...
Especially for all those who don’t follow on Facebook or Twitter, Colleen was discharged from the hospital yesterday at about 11:30 am. We were able to catch a 6:30 pm flight out on, of all airlines, ALASKA, which Colleen thought was pretty funny. I was...