Category Archives: Mom

Knowing Jesus: The Story Behind the Name, Part 1

There’s a story behind every name. I bet there’s a story behind your name. Maybe you’re named after someone or your parents selected that name for you because of it’s meaning. Maybe you took your spouse’s last name on the … Continue reading

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Happy birthday, Mom

Today this pretty lady would have been 78 years old. She’s been gone for nearly 25 years but we still remember her kindness, her humility, and her grace. Love you, Mom. See you soon.

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Suffering and Faith, Part 4

Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me. — Psalm 23 It is a path everyone must walk, the valley David refers to as “the shadow … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day: For Mom

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When I was 15 years old, my mother and I signed up to work the nursery at church on Sunday mornings during the summer. It was a job she and I had done…

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Hope Against Hope

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It was a Saturday. We were planning to go to Nashville that day to see her. She’d been hospitalized there for several days and we’d planned for me to finish up the school…

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Graduation Reflections

This week a significant chapter in my life comes to a close: I’ll graduate for the final time in my academic career. In some form or another, I’ve been in school for 30 of my 37 years. No matter how … Continue reading

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Hope Against Hope

It was a Saturday. We were planning to go to Nashville that day to see her. She’d been hospitalized there for several days and we’d planned for me to finish up the school week and then go see her on … Continue reading

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The Story: Given to the Lord

There was a ceratin man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, and Ephraimite. He had two wives; … Continue reading

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Nineteen

Over the years, I’ve written quite a few tributes to my mother on this blog, most of them on Mother’s Day or on this date, the anniversary of her death. Nineteen years ago, my mother journeyed from one life to … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day 2012

I realize it’s been a LONG time since I’ve made a “real” post on the blog. Between work, family, coaching baseball, moving, grad school, and writing my daily Bible reading thoughts, I have very little time to write “recreationally” anymore. … Continue reading

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