This past week, Leigh-Ann and I and the kids travelled to Minnesota to celebrate Thanksgiving with my side of the family. I love almost everything about road trips…except for at least two things: 1. Stopping for bathroom breaks. 2. Listening to “are we there yet?” I am the type of driver that loves to get […]
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Last night, Alexa and I went out for a run. It was one of those times when neither of us really wanted to do it, however we knew we wouldn’t regret it. So, off we went… I had already warned her this was simply a jog…there was no need for either of us to prove […]
This Sunday marks the 100th year anniversary of Armistice that was signed in the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in a rail car in France in 1918. Fortunately, my oldest daughter has been studying World War I and helping me with the facts or this would be a rather short […]
As a kid, I LOVED Michael Jordan. I remember spending hours in the driveway shooting and dribbling and wishing I was dunking constantly dreaming that I could do it “like Mike.” There is no doubt Michael Jordan changed basketball for the modern era. At times he seemed almost super-human gliding in for a dunk from […]
A few days ago, I was riding home from church on my scooter. As I drove towards the top of the large hill outside of our neighborhood, the scooter suddenly shut off. Since the gas gauge doesn’t work, I guessed that it was out of gas. This meant that getting the scooter home was dependent […]
This morning I read the following Tweet from @timkellernyc, “Because a fish absorbs oxygen from water, not air, it is free only if it is restricted to water. If a fish is ‘freed’ from the river and put out on the grass to explore, its freedom to move and soon live is destroyed…Real freedom is […]
Over the past few weeks, we (especially Leigh-Ann) have had an encounter with an officer assigned to the US Embassy in Liberia. This encounter has changed our lives and the life of the son we had hoped to adopt. Unfortunately, the encounter has not been good. Mostly because we did not discover the protocol for […]
This Sunday I am looking forward to services at 9:00 and 10:45am at New Life CityChurch. Pastor Dave will be sharing a sermon from John 1:35-42 in our Discovering God series. A relationship with God through Jesus is truly incredible. After the death and resurrection of Jesus, Christianity spread quickly through the known world. As […]
Today I received a FaceTime call from our new son, Titus. He is quite the little guy and he wanted to show “daddy” his chicken. There is something pretty amazing about looking into his eyes and hearing him tell me about his chicken. It also seems that he is pretty excited about coming to ‘Murica […]
Today our church had the privilege of hosting a luncheon to introduce various leaders to The Big Search KC. Volunteers will be needed to hand out booklets that show missing children to businesses and community organizations. I had been asked to welcome everyone to the event and to be honest, was running a bit behind and […]