This past week, seventeen youth and leaders from New Life took a missions trip to the Dominican Republic. Like the other parents, Leigh-Ann and I are super excited to see our two kids tonight. For the past several months they have been working to raise funds and prepare spiritually for this incredible adventure. This past […]
Weekly Emails
A few years ago, we were sitting around the dinner table with our kids and some friends talking about the future. Alexa, our oldest daughter shared about her dreams to go to college and study pre-med and hopefully someday become a doctor. After a fairly lengthy and detailed description of her future plans, someone shifted […]
On Tuesday, we had some incredibly powerful storms roll through Kansas City. I heard there were eight tornadoes that touched down. Thankfully, in spite of some injuries, no one lost their life. Storms remind me of the power of God and my own weakness. About a year ago, our men’s ministry went on our annual […]
Have you ever had a circumstance that needed a solution, but you couldn’t seem to figure it out? I think we have each been in this situation at one time or another. This past week, I was driving home from a meeting in Kansas and noticed up ahead that traffic was completely stopped. I quickly […]
For Mother’s day, our kids (mostly the girls) worked very hard on their gift for mom. On their own, they found a scrap piece of wood in the garage, painted it white, stenciled on their message, tied on a few bows and put it in a gift bag. The process took an entire Friday evening […]
Mark Twain said, “My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.” Your mom may agree; I know mine does :). The value of a mother could not be overstated. From the moment a mother gives birth, she is “on the clock.” My mom loved me like crazy, […]
A few days ago, I was sitting on the couch with Dallas and I looked down at his hand and noticed that his thumbnail looked different. “What happened to your thumb?” It only took a matter of seconds for he and the rest of our family to remind me that Dallas’s thumbnail was deformed as […]
A few months ago I paid a visit to the eye doctor. I couldn’t order more contacts without a new prescription so I booked the appointment. Over the course of the appointment, I looked through a lot of lenses and read a lot of letters. I walked out of there with a little less money […]
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 […]
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 […]