A friend recently let me borrow book “In Search of Balance” by Richard A. Swenson. Dr. Swenson,who is a M.D. and a Christian, brings his perspective and research to bear on our current pace of life in our western culture. In short, the pace at which many of us are living is “unsustainable”. This word seems to [...]
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We’ve really enjoyed our Wii since we got it Christmas 2007. Its the perfect tool to get the kids up and active when its freezing outside. Here is a short clip of TJ boxing with his cousin Jedd this past Christmas.
Happy 2009!
Posted: January 5, 2009 in Church, Family, Friends & Family, Health/Exercise, Money, QuotesWe’ll 2009 is off and running. I took a few days off from blogging, but I’m back. I have a ton of thoughts floating around inside my head so here goes. I really enjoyed two weeks off from work hanging out with my family. We sold the lot/land next to our house during the holidays [...]
Story Time
Posted: December 15, 2008 in Arc, Books, Culture, Education, Family, Homeschooling, Quotes, The WordStories have always been an important part of my life. Stories, good stories, have a way of capturing and keeping my attention like nothing else. If you think about it, most of our everyday conversations are simply us telling stories to each other. Growing up my parents always told me stories, mostly funny and some [...]
Well I’m officially in the Christmas Spirit and here is why: Finally got our tree up. We had to replace all of the lights this year so we went with color LED lights. Our tree could be described now as “retro” or “blingish”. (Notice Santa’s little helper on the stool.) Started seeing frost on the [...]
Thankfulness: From Sentiment to Reality
Posted: November 26, 2008 in Culture, Family, Friends & Family, TheologyProclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all your wondrous deeds. Psalms 26:7 (ESV) What many of us consider as gratitude in our hearts is only sentiment. Gratitude must be verbalized for it to become Thankfulness. Telling God and others how grateful we are to them moves our gratitude from a potential into the domain of reality. [...]
Our family had an eventful weekend. We drove to Meridian on Friday and while TJ went to work with me (Thanks to everyone at work who assisted me!), JJ and the girls attended a Flat Stanley musical at the Riley Center. We traveled from there to Tuscaloosa and stayed the night in Candlewood Suites. Their [...]
Yesterday afternoon we took the family to Mitchell Farms in Collins. We went with some other families that are a part of our Vintage Group. If you haven’t been, it’s a great 2-3 hour trip for the family. Here is a recent newspaper article about the farm. I’m posting a few pictures on Facebook from [...]
Early last week I saw the Goodyear blimpflying over Hattiesburg. I assumed they had gotten lost on their way to the LSU game. Later in the week they were still hovering around town. Then a friend of mine mentioned that they were in town for the week and would be at the airport on Saturday [...]
7Days-4States-3Kids-2Churches-1Good Time
Posted: August 11, 2008 in Education, Family, Ministry & LeadershipI had a training class last week in Atlanta, so the previous Thursday JJ and I loaded up the kids and drove to Greensboro, Alabama to visit with her family there. Her Family took us out to eat at a restaurant that was formerly a tire shop. Funny thing is, this restaurant had open since [...]
