Posts with the tag “young-adult-bible-studies”

Yesterday evening, Leigh-Ann took our youngest boy, Ian to Tai-kwon-do and I was in charge of dropping off Isaiah and picking up Dallas from soccer training. Since the weather was nice, Dallas and I d...  Read More

What makes you happy?There are plenty of things that make me happy.This weather makes me happy – plus Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow. Early Spring is on the way! And if you want to get a litt...  Read More

Super Bowl LVIII will be held on Sunday, February 11, 2024. This will be a game between the two best football teams in the world (at least at the time 😊).If you are a Chiefs fan, you are hoping we can...  Read More

Yesterday, while stuffing our faces 😊 with Thanksgiving dinner, we randomly picked “Thanksgiving conversation prompts” from a bowl and then went around the table.My particular prompt was, “What’s the ...  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

We are in a seasonal sweet spot! Fall is my favorite time of the year.Sweatshirts and pumpkin spice lattes. Football and Hot Apple Cider and Bonfires. It seems like only recently that we were navigati...  Read More

Yogi Berra, the author of some of my favorite quotes had a way of stating the obvious….obviously!He was born in St. Louis and grew up in a working-class neighborhood. He loved baseball and became one ...  Read More

Today was the last day of high school for our second daughter, Sophia. We are extremely proud of her as a student, athlete, and most importantly, a follower of Jesus. She has attended Lincoln Prep sin...  Read More

In case you haven’t heard, the KC Chiefs won the Superbowl!!! What a game…coming down to a final field goal for the “W.”On Wednesday, it seemed like most of the city took off work and school and desce...  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

A few days ago, just as we were getting out of bed, the smoke alarm started to “CHIRP.”Some of the kids were fighting off sickness and we wanted them to get as much sleep as possible, so I ran downsta...  Read More

Earlier today, Croatia beat Brazil in Penalty Kicks to advance to the final four of the world cup. Leigh-Ann and I were at the airport to come back to Kansas City during the game and we found a TV at ...  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

Can you think of a time when you have been surprised by a close call?This past week we had a close call and dodged a crisis!We had noticed a slow leak in the rear tire of our car, so we took it in to ...  Read More

This afternoon, I had an experience…I’ve been studying for several hours and decided to venture down into the church kitchen for a cup of coffee…and to my absolute enjoyment, I also found a cupcake.Th...  Read More

A week ago, our two youngest boys and I went on our annual men’s retreat. There are plenty of fun things for us to do out there, but one of our favorites is to canoe. As a family, we are not “super-ou...  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 grew up in St. Cloud, MN, less than a mile from the Mississippi River. As a kid, on hot summer days, I remember loading up my fishing pole and tackle box and biking down to the river. I had a favori...  Read More