COVID-19 seems to have been a wakeup call bringing attention to how much we are relying on China to supply items we need. We are also learning how little we can trust the Chinese government. Stories are coming out now of America not being able to get simple medical supplies Read more…
We did our first Facebook Live on March 20th at 9 pm. Our next week be March 27 again at 9 pm.
Welcome to ‘Merica where we draw lines on everything and you have to be on one side or the other. Pro-vacs/Anti-vacs, Pro-Life/Pro-choice, Republican/Democrat…FREAKING OUT OVER COVID-19/Making fun of people for freaking out. Maybe for this one (and many of the others), we find a balance. I’m not coming at this Read more…
Have you ever taken the time to look around and figure out what things are holding your kids back? What is keeping them from taking risks that will let them learn? Maybe an even more cutting question would be; who is doing things for them and preventing them from learning? Read more…
As a family we love visiting Washington DC and while there we often visit the MLK memorial. One of my favorite little known facts about this great civil rights leader is that in April 1963 he spelled out a radical strategy to change culture. Originally in his book, Why We Can’t Read more…
The date was December 26th, 2008 and I was very new to youth ministry, fortunately, one of our volunteer youth leaders was raised in the youth ministry and willing to help. An all-nighter outreach was coming up she Stef and I meet to plan out the night together. After spending Read more…
Last night was Morgantown Community Church‘s Grow Team Banquet. This years’ theme was Nine 23, which will come up later. Stef runs the event and was at the door greeting people as they came in. We knew she was getting close and had been having contractions all day but we Read more…
Choosing a baby name is hard. It’s a pretty permanent decision and if you think about it, how many people do you know who love their entire name? We all have that friend that goes by their middle name and won’t tell anyone their first name. Likewise, there are people Read more…
As a family, we chose to homeschool our oldest for Kindergarten, sent her to public school for first grade, and have homeschooled the following 2 years. Some people cheer us on, others don’t get it. Some families say “I wish I could” and other people act like we are judging Read more…
UPDATE: It was brought to my attention that Abraham did laugh in Genisis 17:17. The remainder of the post has not been changed from its original content. If you didn’t already know Charis is a feisty child and tonight she focused her feistiness on nothing less then Phil Vischer’s new Read more…