I read an Instagram post by Bob Goff that says, “Darkness fell, His friends scattered, hope seemed lost – but Heaven just started counting to three.” As Christians, we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus every Sunday (actually every day). However, once per year we come to a date on the calendar that represents the day, Jesus […]
Weekly Emails
I am writing this from Liberia after a jam-packed week with emotional highs and lows. Some of you may know that Leigh-Ann and I have worked hard to adopt Titus. Unfortunately, this dream has not ended the way we had envisioned it. We had dreams of bringing him home to America after we finalized his […]
Several weeks ago I was studying in my office late one afternoon and I got a call from Leigh-Ann and the kids. They had just been at Costco for shopping and samples and watched a live demonstration of a Vita-Mix. In case you have not been to Costco for the demonstration or asked my kids […]
This week I (Jason) thought I would take a stab at the weekly email and let Troy focus on the (college basketball) sermon! If you’ve known me for long, you have learned that, while I enjoy playing sports, and even watching sports, I am 100% incompetent when it comes to talking about sports. I can’t […]
This past Sunday we celebrated our third child entering double digits. Yes, Dallas is now 10 years old. A week or so prior, I received a message from Leigh-Ann reminding me that Dallas’s birthday was coming up and the 10th birthday is a big one and then she asked, “what are we going to do?” […]
Recently I have been given the opportunity to serve as a research assistant…for my 17-year-old. Alexa has been working on a school paper about Soren Kierkegaard. What I’ve learned has been fascinating. Soren (since we’re on a first-name basis) died in 1855 at the age of 42…which is my current age. Soren had become disenfranchised […]
“I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for spring.” I find myself saying something like this multiple time a day now. And the two week outlook is still cold. Now to be fair, there are colder places to live…I grew up in Minnesota. And history tells me that even though it may seem like […]
I have an iPhone. It would take me pages to begin to describe the power I hold in my hand. I can FaceTime someone on another continent. Get directions to anywhere in the world. Look up a definition or score. Research anything from Biblical history to the perfect temperature for pork chops. I can measure […]
Within the past week our weather in KC has been a bit unstable as the temperature has gone from below 0 degrees to 60 degrees back down to below 0 degrees. A few days ago, I was tracking down outdoor patio cushions and pillows that had blown off the front porch (some landed more than […]
On Tuesday I received a text message from Leigh-Ann with the picture of a dog named Sophie. The text read, “Her humans are divorcing and the mom left her with the dad. He just abandoned her to the groomer. He doesn’t want her because she reminds him of his wife.” Since this is not the […]