Weekly posts from Pastor Troy, commentary from other New Lifers and New Life CityChurch news.
Last night after reading for a bit, we settled in as a family to watch Extreme Makeover-Home Edition. We love this show because within an hour we get to hear a story of hardship, learn about hundreds of people who volunteer to help and then in the end watch everyone cry tears of joy over […]
Earlier today I took Dallas out for his birthday lunch to one of his favorite restaurants…Red Robin. We ate a lot of French fries, played multiple games at the table and we ended the meal with a birthday song and an Ice Cream Sundae. When it comes to birthdays, we love to take a few […]
Since the weather has been warming up, I seem to have caught “Spring Fever.” As a result of this fever, a few days ago, I loaded up my bike and went for a ride on the trails at Swope Park. The temperature was beautiful, the birds and squirrels were busy moving around and the trail […]
On Wednesday, the three boys and I were driving back from their basketball games. We were reviewing the highlights of the games….which unfortunately didn’t take long :). The conversation moved on to the next part of our evening…plenty of chit chat about everything from snacks to homework. We were stopped at a stoplight and talking […]
Monday was a beautiful day so the boys and I decided to take a bike ride downtown. Since we live close to the streetcar, we decided to hop on with our bikes. While waiting for the streetcar to arrive, Ian pulled out a sandwich bag of mini-marshmallows to snack on. “What, I always need a […]
Just over a week ago, we celebrated the KC Chiefs world championship victory at the parade along with hundreds of thousands of others from the Chiefs Kingdom. As a family we talked about our plans for the parade and at some point Dallas decided he was going to make it his goal to get an […]
This past week has been pretty exciting for the Chiefs Kingdom. For starters, how about the Super Bowl win? Our entire playoff run has been some come from behind magic. It seems the Chiefs almost wanted to test everyone’s faith in their ability to pull it off. I would say that down 24-0 shook a […]
Since all five of our kids play competitive soccer, we end up going to a lot of games. I have never stopped to calculate how many, but I’m pretty sure if I did, the number would be four digits (1,000’s :)). While at the games, I’ve observed many different fans…loud and dumb (can’t think of […]
The fact that the Kansas City Chiefs are in the super bowl is awesome for Kansas City. I have noticed that simply wearing any sort of Chiefs memorabilia instantly makes friends. Anywhere from the grocery store to the gas station, simply saying, “Go Chiefs” to someone in red makes me smile from ear to ear. […]
A few days ago our family experienced an extreme injustice…a parking ticket in front of our house. Here is the story… The city is doing work in the alley behind our house. There is dirt everywhere, they have torn up our yard and to make matters worse we can’t even get to our garage. So […]
