Oldie, but goodie

“All the things I want to say 
All at once they wash away 
As You walk by, out of mind 
My thoughts fly away 
All the things I long to hear 
Suddenly they reappear 
You say in that hour Your holy Power 
Will wipe away my fears 
I can hear You cry out loud 
When You Answer Me 
When You answer me 
Once again I am [...]

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Dinner at Friendly’s

Friendly’s has a great and inexpensive children’s menu, so we often find ourselves taking the kids there. We recently celebrated our Martin Luther King Speech contestants with fried food and ice cream. It was really great quality time and I got to see more of their personalities emerge in this setting. [...]

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MLK Speech contest winner

Congratulations to Jedi for winning 3rd place in our annual Martin Luther King Jr Speech Contest. I advised him to pound the podium with his fist and wave his hand in the air to emphasis points (a la Dwight Shrute) and he did!

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Sometimes I feel like Yentl

There is this movie from the early ’80s starring Barbra Streisand called Yentl in which a Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to study to be a Rabbi.
Sometimes I feel like Yentl. I listen sermons and read books by great modern theologians like John Piper, Mark Driscoll and D.A. Carson and yet, I [...]

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Bowling

Remind me to never take sixteen kids bowling again! Just kidding. However, I had a glimpse of what it must be like to be a parent. Kids asking you, “Can I have a dollar for the video games? PLEASE! Okay, just 50 cents! PLEASE!” And then when it’s time to [...]

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The craft of making videos.

About two years ago I bought a camcorder and started documenting my life and ministry. I discovered that I loved putting images and music together, I loved editing and creating and communicating a story.
The other night I was watching some of my earliest videos created and realized that a) they were really long [...]

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To live as those who truly lay all on the altar…

“To break with all worldly customs,
to live utterly separate from the spirit of the world,
so that we shall not say, “What is the harm of this and that?”
but to simply have lost all relish for what is not of the Father;
to live as those who truly lay ALL on the altar…
time, strength, possessions,
literally everything we [...]

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Driving this machinery

The Something Beautiful Podcast interviewed blogger, missional leader, and church planter Andrew Jones. I’ve read his blog for years and while listening to the podcast on a recent road trip, found some of the things he shared about his journey in ministry really resonate with me. One part, in particular, articulated so [...]

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On the swing set.

The girls help our intern Ryan swing.

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1st and 2nd Grade Retreat

A couple of weeks ago we went on our 1st and 2nd grade retreat. It’s a simple overnighter at a local hotel where we swim, hangout out and then the next day have lunch at McDonalds. The kids had a lot of fun and it was a great bonding experience. For many [...]

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