Life’s End
Aug26

Life’s End

“How we live our days is how we live our lives,” someone once remarked. 
On our return home from youth group last week at Faircreek Church, I diverted upward into a poignant hillside cemetery overlooking Beaver Valley. Humorous questions erupted from our back seats . . .

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Motherhood Discipleship
May11

Motherhood Discipleship

What’s the heart of discipleship? I recently read through a book that aims toward a strategy for Christians to live faithfully in a post-Christian culture. Written just several years ago, it’s incredibly relevant to our future as followers of Jesus in North America. Among many worthy quotes, one statement jumped off the page and, I believe, answers this question:  

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God is Faithful
Feb09

God is Faithful

This coming June, my wife and I will celebrate 16 years of marriage. The time has flown by like the blink of an eye. We’ve had our share of “ups and downs” – dark valleys and beautiful mountaintops. … One word leads the melody of happy matrimony: Faithfulness.

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Jack, Our Beloved Son
Sep08

Jack, Our Beloved Son

My heart is so full as my arms wrap around my son, this child of my heart. 
He is not of “my flesh and bone,” but by God’s unbelievable grace, He is now my very own.
I think of what Joseph, the adoptive daddy to Jesus, must have felt. Looking into those eyes, caressing His cheeks, and softening the midnight cries… 
“How can this be?” he must have wondered. 
And so do I. 

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Come Unto Jesus
Feb17

Come Unto Jesus

As I was driving the kids home from school this afternoon, Hudson became bored and began fishing around in our old CDs. Ha! Remember those?
“Hey dad! What’s this?” Hudson shouted, as he held up a non-descript CD-R reminiscent of my music-ripping days. If you’re a child of the 80’s or early-90’s, you know what I’m talking about. . . .

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Disappearing Lines and Broken Dreams
Oct03

Disappearing Lines and Broken Dreams

Would two lines appear?
I sat and waited.
Years scrolled by. Trash cans filled with negatives. . .

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