In July my family made their annual trek down south to see family, with one small detour to Gulf Shores. It’s roughly 18 hours down to Alabama (closer to 22 when you make it all the way to the Gulf) and we stop and visit family and friends as we go. Is it an ordeal?…
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Who’s Your Goose? Loving the Stinkers in Our Lives
Spring is here, y’all. Regardless of the snow on the ground after being in the 80s last week, spring is here. There are a few signs of it: fat Robins wobbling around, squirrels frisking at the park. And the return of the geese. Geese and I have a dislike-indifference relationship. I dislike them. They are…
“Know Better, Do Better” Except When I Don’t Want To: Words of Hope For People Like Me
Hey, Friends! I hope you had a blessed Christmas and New Year. I intended to write a post at the end of 2020, but for whatever reason (purely psychological) I just didn’t. So here we go: with two kids in school and two learning online, I write again. It feels nice to start with a…
Response and Responsibility
“God is just calling you to give it a shot.” Francis Chan I teach a great group of high school students every Sunday morning. We do a video based lesson and spend a lot of time in discussion. These past few Sundays we have been studying Francis Chan’s series Finding Truth. Francis has a lot…
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