Why would a caucasian family living in South Mississippi fly all the way to Uganda to adopt two African (Black) children? One word………..GOSPEL! I’ve pasted Adam’s post from Saturday below. Follow their story at http://hodgepodgeadoption.wordpress.com/ Hallelujah, What a Savior (Adam) The day has finally arrived. We have been working, praying, and waiting for one year. Today [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Our friends Jill and Adam Hodge leave today for Africa! One year ago God moved them to adopt two African Children. Today, Stuart (3) and Juliet (4) await their arrival. Please pray for a safe and expedient trip for this family. Also pray for the Hodge to have favor in the eyes of the Judges, [...]
This past week a friend of mine, who owns a shop in the mall, sent me the image to the left from his iPhone. The reason that he sent this to me, is because for the last two or three years he has heard me talk about how great it would be to have a [...]
I’ve seen it over and over in church life. Everyone’s favorite program catches fire! Either a key leader quits or “there just isn’t enough workers.” An announcement is made, “We need more workers for the ministry (misery)” because there is nothing like guilt to motivate people to serve. Foolishly someone else steps up with a [...]
I sent this story out at my workplace. Thought I’d also post it here. On a nice summer day a few years back, my oldest daughter (age 6 at the time), was outside riding her bicycle. My wife and younger daughter were out playing, enjoying the summer day. When suddenly my daughter lost control of [...]
The Conference USA Baseball Tournament is in Hattiesburg this week. The Eagles play at 7:30 tonight. The only way they can get to a regional is win the thing. It’s a long shot, but possible. Ally had a bike wreck and knocked out her front tooth. Thankfully she had on her helmet. Lizzy drew a [...]
Today JJ and I are celebrating our 13th wedding anniversary. Actually we celebrated this past weekend. We dropped the kids off at my parent’s house Friday morning and she and I drove to Orange Beach, Alabama for a couple of days. It had been almost 7 years since we had last been to that area, [...]
Does your marriage rock or is it on the rocks? This is the question behind a two part series on marriage that I will be teaching on May 24th and 31st. You can usually tell the answer to this question depending on how someone talks about their spouse to others. It’s what some may call [...]
We just got back from celebrating the end of a journey with our MasterLife Group. Every Tuesday night for the last 8 (Almost 9) months we have been hanging out with this crew over at our house. We have grown close to each of these couples as we have studied God’s Word, prayed, and followed [...]
I blogged about his book here. He recently posted the manifesto on his blog www.evotional.com . I’ve cut and pasted it below. Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Grab life by the mane. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to [...]
