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When Other People are Excited For You

Ok, so I wrote a book and you may or may not know about that. If you don’t know about it, then it’s probably my fault. I said in a post that I didn’t want to be “the guy with the book” and only talk about that, and that’s still true. But I also said […]

Today, I would have called home

I probably would have called home today. For lots of reasons. Penny got her first cast (pink with sparkles) and has the honor of being our first child to break a bone. I would have called to talk about her new cast and how she did a great job cooperating with the doctor. Evan is […]

Writing Wednesday: The Bones

Remember in high school when the science teacher had a full sized skeleton hanging in the corner of her room? Remember taking pictures with the creepiest thing your high school had to offer? Well fine, I took pictures with it. I can honestly say that thing creeped me out, but it was also fascinating. To […]

Family Fridays: Frustration and Parenting

Can I make a confession? I’m not a perfect dad. I get tired. I get irritated. I get frustrated. Last night I was putting a very tired Sophie to bed and FINALLY after getting passed brushing teeth (a big deal), picking pajamas (a VERY big deal) and putting her down in bed without tears (monumental), […]

I wrote a novel

Yup, a full out novel. Science fiction. Fantasy epic. Cool right? So let me attempt to answer the questions you may or may not have actually asked. Why did you write a novel? I love a good story. I always have. And I think the world is full of great ones. When I began to […]

Six Years to the Day: Union Tornado

Six years ago my wife and I sat in our apartment at Union University, doing homework and trying to get through another rainy day in Jackson, TN. Then the sirens blared. I’ll never forget the yells of my wife as the pressure dropped. I’ll never forget the sound of a F5 tornado rampaging through our […]

Family Friday: Photo Unavailable

The other day I was playing with Sophie and Penny. For some reason or another, we were underneath Sophie’s bed. Sophie’s gotten into playing in the dark so all the lights were off and underneath the bed, it was pretty dark. So I turned on my phone and used the flashlight app to make it […]

Helping Students with Next Steps Part Two

Great time talking with Brandon and Ryan about helping students take the next steps in ministry: Getting new students connected Having a salvation conversation Encouraging them to get baptized Good stuff!Filed under: Youth Ministry

Healthy Hearts and Prayers That Ask for Them

This is a guest post by my beautiful wife Bekah. Well as you might have guessed I am not here to write about “Ministry Monday” topics. I know most of you who are reading this post have been wondering why no update has come forth about our echo with baby Ruth. I am sorry for […]

Ministry Monday: Run from Social Media

I saw this picture re-tweeted by one of my former students and it echoes a lot of what I’ve been seeing in the news concerning teenagers on Facebook. According to this article, over 3 million teens have logged out of Facebook over the last three years. While that has implications for the business model of […]