Posts with the tag “new-life-crossroads”

Nearly thirty years ago, I was a Freshman in college and spent Spring Break traveling with several other students from Maranatha Baptist University. We started in Wisconsin and went out to the East Co...  Read More

One of my favorite times every Spring is the day we spread new mulch in our yard. Since I love getting a good deal, I typically wait until I can buy it for $2 per bag. And this season didn’t disappoin...  Read More

Easter Sunday breathes new life into us for many reasons. Personally, it started with seeing our New Life CityChurch family and worshipping together. This was truly a blessed time for worship and buil...  Read More

As I walked into our living room a week ago and saw my college wrestling coach Ben Peterson, the memories flooded back—sweat-drenched practices, hard-fought victories, and his life-changing influence....  Read More

Over the past few days, my newsfeed has been popping with NFL teams making moves by trading, signing, and releasing football players. Although I’ve never had to deal with this sort of stress, every na...  Read More

A few weeks ago, I was driving downtown Kansas City, heading back to the church office and I noticed a car coming towards me while I was stopped at a light…nicely obeying all traffic laws ...  Read More

This past week, Isaiah entered his first wrestling tournament. This is a pretty big deal in our household. I started wrestling about the same time I learned how to crawl and went through college…also…...  Read More

Christmas is a time for favorite traditions.If you are like me, you probably have some favorite Christmas songs (Gloria in Excelsis Deo-sung loudly in my best dad voice ...  Read More

This past week, we were able to attend the elementary Christmas program at Isaiah and Ian’s school.To be honest, after five kids, the elementary program is typically one of my least favorite things to...  Read More

A few days ago, I was able to take our two youngest boys to Shelter KC to share in the evening chapel service. When possible, I love to include our kids in service opportunities, so the plan was to in...  Read More

Earlier this week our oldest daughter, Alexa came home to shadow a physician as a part of her preparation for the future. She left right after an early morning soccer practice and drove home. Her tire...  Read More

This past Sunday we had just finished eating our Easter lunch when we heard our neighbor’s dog barking and pretty soon our dog, Gratzi bolted for the door with incredible passion.It wasn’t long until ...  Read More

A few days ago, a friend, who knew I was a pastor, commented about Easter Sunday and said, “this is your big weekend.”And it is a big weekend…its definitely not mine….but I know what he meant. And bet...  Read More

Yesterday, Isaiah and Sophia had soccer practice while Dallas had a day off. So he and I decided to go to the fields and shoot on our own while the others trained.We found a field with goals that were...  Read More

Falling…Our kids are on Spring break this week so they decided to get out and try some rock climbing at ROKC.They had a blast…and got a workout.When I arrived around lunchtime, they were scattered thr...  Read More

Lost…Many years ago, while we were still dating; Leigh-Ann and I decided to hike up a mountain in New Hampshire.  We found the trail and headed up. After hiking through trees and around creeks we star...  Read More

One of my favorite YouTube Videos of all time is Mark Rober’s Backyard Squirrel Maze. I have five kids and have seen my share of Dude Perfect, Mr. Beast, KC Chiefs, and of course the New Life CityChur...  Read More

This past week has been great…especially for our daughter Sophia. It began with a surprise offer for tickets for the Chiefs V. Bengals game on Sunday night…only eighteen rows up on the twenty-yard lin...  Read More

The past few months have been packed full and we have felt stretched a little thin…so, we decided to head south to find some warmer weather and a family adventure in a new city.We got both in New Orle...  Read More

It is officially Christmas break in our household. The kids are out of school and this means there is no more homework, training sessions, or school projects.This also means there is time for new ende...  Read More

Happy Thanksgiving weekend. I hope the past few days have offered you some time to slow down a bit and reflect on the many blessings we enjoy every day.In the Campbell household, we’ve been eating a l...  Read More

A few days ago, Sophia had an outdoor soccer scrimmage at night and the temperature was in the low 20s. She wore several layers of shirts and sweatshirts, gloves, and then shorts. Go figure :). Her fi...  Read More

A few days ago, a picture of Dallas from four years ago popped into Leigh-Ann’s Facebook memories. She sent it over and I nearly had a heart attack.Dallas is in a friend’s very nice car…a ClassicCamar...  Read More

I love this time of year. The weather over the past few days has been nearly perfect. Cool in the morning and evening with sunshine and a nice breeze throughout the day. But that’s not all….it’s also ...  Read More

Several weeks ago, we took a few days for vacation in Branson. It was way too short, but we had a blast while we were there.We boated, floated, swam, and soaked in the sun.Considering the hectic pace ...  Read More

In our front yard, we have five apple trees. A friend planted five seeds and about a year later, he brought them over and helped plant them in our yard.I wondered if they would ever produce apples.Bey...  Read More

A few days ago, I was at a coffee shop with Pastor Don Lewis and Lee Bramlett for a meeting about fatherhood and the opportunities with Good Dads KC. We shared some of the amazing examples of God’s tr...  Read More

Several months ago, Dallas learned about people who buy pallets of returned goods from Amazon and then resell them on Facebook Marketplace or eBay. He has been sending me links to buy a pallet and to ...  Read More