I was sitting in Sunday School the other day as we studied Jonah and learned some cool stuff. (Thanks Kurt) Check out the similarities between the story of Jonah and Acts 10 with Peter: [table id=4 /] I’m always fascinated by the way God uses …
Read MoreQuote: Doing or Being?
“We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have – for their usefulness.” – Thomas Merton . …
Read MoreKesleigh’s Words
I just wanted to capture some of the words we have the privilege of hearing each day from Kesleigh as she learns to talk. Wasss = Watch Buttbole = Football Rassss = Trash Assss = Our neighbor, Ashley Bubba = brother BuBi = Bible Deuce …
Read MoreBands I’ve seen Live
Rock Mutemath U2, Muse Texxas Jam 1985: Deep Purple, Scorpions, Night Ranger, Ted Nugent, Bon Jovi, Grim Reaper, Victory Texxas Jam 1986: Van Halen, Dio, Loverboy, Krokus, Keel, BTO Night Ranger – Six Flags Over Texas Damn Yankees Ratt, Twisted Sister, Mama’s Boys (My First …
Read MoreQuote: Lighthouse of Holiness
“It is a great deal better to live a holy life than to talk about it. We are told to let our light shine, and if it does we won’t need to tell anybody it does. The light will be its own witness. Lighthouses don’t …
Read MoreMulti-tasking is a Myth
John Medina, author of Brain Rules, explains that multi-tasking is a truly a myth. The way that the brain works doesn’t allow for it. Although the brain can do multiple things simultaneously (You can walk and talk at the same time or breathe and read …
Read MoreQuote: God’s Presence
“God fills heaven and earth just as the ocean fills a bucket which has been submerged in it a mile down. The bucket is full of ocean, but the ocean surrounds the bucket in all directions.” – AW Tozer, The Attributes of God I heard …
Read MoreRadical: Lessons from David Platt’s book
David Platt’s book “Radical” has been a great book for me! As Miranda and I have struggled this past year with our finances, (I’m still looking for a full-time job) we’ve learned much about what it means to trust in the LORD for our needs. …
Read MoreTroop Carrier or Luxury Liner?
In his book Radical, David Platt writes: In the late 1940s, the United States government . . . construct[ed] an 80 million dollar troop carrier for the navy. The purpose was to design a ship that could speedily carry fifteen thousand troops during times of …
Read MoreQuote: Try Different
“The usual mantra is to ‘try harder’. Trying harder is impossible when you’re already trying as hard as you can. But you can always try different. . . If it’s not working, harder might not be the answer.” – Seth Godin, Try Different I would …
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