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Well, our first born had a monumental kind of day: the first day of kindergarten. I can’t believe my (our) son is old enough to go to school… truly, time flies. Seems like he was just born. And now, transition. There are that many “firsts” in life, and this one is a big one. Huge. [...]

I have been confronted with the issue of theological truth lately from several different circumstances. As such, I thought I would right an opinion blog about theological correctness. I want to start by by posing a question: what is the defining characteristic of a Christian? I grew up in circles that probably would answer “theological [...]

Well, we are thankful to those of you out there who have begun sponsoring us with Project 5/52. We are just so thankful to all of you.
We are really gearing up to some great things. Hopefully next month we will start the first major stage of starting Encounter. Up to this point we have been [...]

Well, this weekend we went to West Virginia to experience the state fair. Now, for those of you who don’t know why this is a great experience… let me fill you in. The first time I went to the fair (any fair) was when Kelly and I were dating (10 plus years ago). We went on the “Tornado” [...]

Micah, my first born son, was named after the minor prophet in the Old Testament. This prophet said some of the most profound things in the Bible about culture in the Kingdom of God. It is our prayer that our son live out his life moving in constant sensitivity and obediencen to God’s spirit in this culture. The [...]

Big “thank you” for the kindness shown to us this weekend at Emmanuel Community Church. Emmanuel Church is a congregation in West Virginia that is meeting the needs of its community. It’s music is (acoustic) guitar driven (no drums) and done very, very well. The atmosphere is casual, and the preaching… awesome. Pastor Brdlick stepped [...]

I have heard alot of opinions about Iraq, both sides, differing opinions. I heard a great sermon series by Rob Bell called “calling all peacemakers”. It was a well thought out opinion which boiled down to how wealthy America is and how wasteful we are. It was a sermon more about simplicity than Iraq. But the point [...]