Category Archives: Blessings

My Birthday Gift from Big Sis

If you want to see what my sister got me for my birthday, click here. Of course, the real gift was the surprise special delivery of said gift. Tara surprised me with a birthday lunch yesterday that was the highlight … Continue reading

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Six and Three

Exactly six years ago today, my life changed forever. On July 6, 2004, God multiplied our family when Abby Kate and Joshua were born. Last month, we looked back to June 11, 2007 when God brought completion to our family … Continue reading

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1,000 Posts

I began blogging in January 2005. My friend and partner in ministry, Corey, encouraged me to start a blog as a way of connecting with the teens in our youth group. He thought it would be a good outlet for … Continue reading

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March for Babies 2010

The mission of the March of Dimes is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality. About 12.5 million babies are born too early each and every year. I went into preterm labor … Continue reading

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Turning Five

It’s hard for me to believe that my two oldest are turning five today. In many ways, I can’t believe they’re that old. But I also have a hard time remembering what my life was like before Abby Kate and … Continue reading

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Another Man: Johnny Markham

When I originally wrote this post, I was serving as a youth minister at Mayfair. Even though my ministry role has changed over the past couple of years, I still look to Johnny as one of my “mental models” of … Continue reading

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Compelled: Looking Back

With my first post of 2008, I laid out my New Year’s resolution: to do only those things that were compelled by the love of Christ. With 2 Corinthians 5 as my motivation, my goal for the year was to … Continue reading

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Tonight You Didn’t Cry

Six weeks ago, I made this post about my son, Joshua, and the hormone shots he was about to receive. Over the past month and a half, many of our good friends have asked about how our little guy is … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving: An Uncomon Blessing

Yesterday, I ran into Cindy, an old family friend. She lives in my hometown and worships at the church where I grew up. Cindy was a youth group volunteer when I was a teenager; her kids were in the youth … Continue reading

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An Unexpected Blessing

I just ran into Cindy Herring, an old Lebanon acquaintance from College Street / Hills. She works for Healing Hands and she’s also heavily involved in the Mission Lazarus work. She was here on some business and she stopped by … Continue reading

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