Sep 26
It will be a year in October that we bought our farm. We have poured lots of work into the farm over this past year. We had hoped to be living at the farm by now, but our house has not sold. If you are looking for a good 3 bedroom house in Mayfield …
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Sep 14
Have you heard of the website and ministry of Advanced Bible Reader. It was started by my good friends Kyle Butt and Chad Thompson. It has been around for several years. It is based on the school program called AR for Accelerated Reader. Kids read books and take tests over the books to earn points. …
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Sep 07
How do you define success? You have a definition. In fact, you have some different definitions of success according to the realm of life. For example, my mind defines success as it relates to being a preacher, father, husband, son, financially, and as a farmer now. This definition that we have developed for success has …
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Sep 02
After spending last week at a great conference called, “Polishing the Pulpit” in Sevierville, TN we headed to the Smoky Mountains after it ended on Thursday morning. We had a picnic lunch at a popular spot called Chimney’s. This is a beautiful picnic area situated on the banks of a beautiful creek. After eating the kids …
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Jul 27
Our goal this year was to grow some sweet corn to sell. We were only wanting to do around 3/4 of an acre. We didn’t want to grow just any corn, but “organic” corn; i.e. no artificial fertilizer nor herbicide. We worked the ground this spring. It seemed like it took a million trips over …
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Jul 08
We were discussing our schedule for the week and the activities with sports, when Amanda said it! She said, “I think youth sports may be the greatest challenge facing families today.” Some might heartily disagree with this statement. Some might say it is worldliness, apathy, or materialism that is challenging families today. They would certainly have …
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Jun 29
The popular quote from preachers and others is that 1 in 2 marriages end in divorce. This means the divorce rate is 50%. This statistic has never been accurate because it is based simply off of the number of marriages and divorces. New research suggest much better statistics, especially amongst Christians. I am going …
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Jun 17
When summer hit we made a rule that our kids could watch one program together when they all were awake. The rule was put into place because programs were being started when one or two where awake, and then the late sleeper was missing out. So we made the rule to wait until everyone is up. …
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Jun 15
I hear and read so often that kids grow up without feeling and hearing love expressed from their father. Leon Barnes, a long-time gospel preacher, has been reflecting on his family in some wonderful posts at leonbarnes.wordpress.com. In the link just highlighted, he wrote about lessons from his dad. His dad was a devout and …
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May 27
It is an annual tradition of our family to go pick strawberries. We go each year to a place near the Kentucky/Tennessee border. The kids always enjoy going and have gotten good at picking them. We try to make it fun by creating a contest to see who can pick the biggest strawberry and the …
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