Keys to living in a 2009 economy

What a year it has been so far! This has been a tumultuous year for our country. 12.4 million jobs have been lost. 8.7 million people have been moved from full-time jobs to part-time jobs. 24 million Americans are struggling to pay their bills. We are stuck in a vicious cycle of three negative problems [...]

25th Anniversary

I spent this weekend with my mom and dad celebrating their 25th anniversary at Trinity Worship Center. It was a lot of fun and I laughed longer and harder than I have in a while.
My sisters and I shared about the 4 Kings Mom & Dad have had to overcome over the last 25 years. [...]

New Year coming quickly:

This year went by at warp speed. WOW! Here’s some thoughts I posted last year at this time. Hope it helps you to make 09 the best year ever.
1. Plan your calendar first — Annually
I suggest putting two things on your calendar first.
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Tonsils

I guess it’s true that God is more than enough. He gave us several things that our bodies apparently don’t need. Today we took Ashlyn to UNM Hospital and had her tonsils taken out. They were the size of golf balls. She’s feasting on ice cream and Wall-E right now + some tylenol with codein. [...]

Christmas Hope

“May God, the source of hope, fill you with joy and peace through your faith in Him.  Then you’ll overflow with hope…” Rom. 15:13 (GWT)
 
 
One of the things that the world is looking for is hope. Hope is the anchor that keeps you grounded during a crisis or tough times. It is an essential of [...]

In need of a Savior

For the first time in my life, I’m in the Christmas spirit a little early. Usually I mumble a few words of Christmas cheer somewhere around December 23rd. I don’t know what triggered it — maybe I’m just getting old and soft. The other day I was in Eddie Baur looking at some of their [...]

Growth

“If little labour, little are our gains:
Man’s fortunes are according to his pains.”
-Robert Herrick
 
I’ve recently started a new workout routine… Rather, I’ve recently started a workout routine. I enthusiastically started it like a kid going to school on the first day. I got all dressed up in my workout stuff, I had my towel and my [...]

Quiet Monday

From the moment we wake up, there’s an all out war for our attention. You walk into your bathroom, turn on your favorite worship cd and it starts. You get in the car and the radio is on. You drive down I-40 and see the billboards. You come to a stop, still on I-40, and [...]

Baby Number 3

Well — this one was certainly unplanned — like much of my life. We are excited. Brook and I have talked about child #3 for a while, but honestly, I think we would have dragged our feet into our 40’s if it had not been for the big surprise.
After I got home from training leaders [...]

Politicked off

Who is ready to get past Election Day and enter a day free of any political commercials? ME! I watched 5 in a row the other night and haven’t turned the TV on since. Is it me or has the mudslinging intensified exponentially in the last 10 years? Man I can’t wait to be in [...]