Sep 09
I enjoy cooking outside and have long wanted a sink to help in the preparation. Also with four kids and all of our outdoor activities a fully-functioning sink would come in handy. So while it never worked out in our old house, we planned to put one in our new house. I planned it for …
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Aug 15
It had been five years. Yet, when we returned it seemed like we had never left. I held a Gospel Meeting with the Roan’s Creek Church of Christ in Clarksburg, Tennessee. My whole family got to attend the meeting. It was a wonderful week for us. The Roan’s Creek church traces its history back to …
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Aug 03
It is back-to-school time in our area. The many activities and loose schedules of summer are replaced with the rhythm and schedule of school. Many parents have been purchasing school supplies for their kids. The kids are excited about new items. As kids return to school, I would like to give them some reminders of …
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May 30
We have had lots of activity on the farm the first 5 months of the year. Here are a few significant things! We bottle fed two lambs! We named them Lewis and Clark. Unfortunately after about 4 weeks, Clark died very suddenly. He was always a little weak, but he seemed to be doing well. …
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Mar 24
Part one in this series deal with the impact youth sports is having upon families and the church. In part two I discussed highlights from Mike Matheny’s book on youth sports. In this third and final post I desire to share some of my own suggestions for dealing with youth sports as a Christian parent. …
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Mar 23
In part one I discussed the impact of youth sports upon families and how we must seek to manage our involvement with sports. All of these thoughts I am sharing found their stimulus in Mike Matheny’s book The Matheny Manifesto. Mike is the current manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. The book was excellent. It …
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Mar 21
I want to release three posts on the topic: This one (part 1) on the importance of considering how we handle youth sports. A second part sharing some highlights from Mike Matheny’s book on the topic. And a third post with some suggestions I would like to make to families. So join me in reading …
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Mar 14
The kids got a nice portable basketball goal in October. I was determined to take good care of this goal. I put the recommended weight in the base and kept the goal low to catch less wind. However, the goal has still fallen over numerous times. I purchased some ground spikes from Lowe’s and anchored …
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Jan 11
What do preachers say when you ask them how things have been going? Most all of us will say, “We have been really busy!” We may even give you way more information than you desired about all the things we have been doing. This is a typical response from most working Americans today. We believe …
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Dec 07
It is Christmas time once again which is special and magical in a way like no other for our family. We have four young children who love the holidays, and eagerly anticipate the gifts they will receive. But Christmas is not without its challenging factors. It is filled with busyness and overtaken with selfish materialism …
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