NCYM

From Ohio, I will be heading to Nashville, TN for NCYM (The National Conference on Youth Ministries). I know several of you c o c guys will be there, and I am looking forward to getting to meet you.
In the meantime, Happy New Year!

Home Sweet Home

I am sitting at my parent’s computer. Jen, the girls and I made it safely to Ohio. Our two little ones did really good on the road. We covered some 740 miles and they really did well for being so little. I know they were really glad to be out of the car.
 
We did Christmas [...]

Jingle Bells

Jen, the girls and I are in Owasso at her parents house and this morning, like many families we went to church. The church in Collinsville had a different service this morning. A celebration of the gift of Christ. It was well done.
During communion, my oldest daughter broke out in a spontaneous solo of [...]

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas,
 
We will be out of town for the Holidays, but I will update as often as I can.
 
Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the blogosphere!
 
Merry Christmas!
 
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests” (Luke 2:14).
 
A word from the Word: Read Luke 1:1-2:40
“Today [...]

The Gospel in John 3:16

I found this through a good friend of mine. He found it from another, in the sermon archives of Rubel Shelly.

 
The Gospel in John 3:16:

God - the Greatest Lover
So loved - the greatest degree
The world - the greatest rebels
That he gave - the greatest generosity
His only Son - the greatest gift
So that everyone - the [...]

It is really about Him…

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16)
 
A word from the Word: Read Matthew 1
“This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before [...]

Christmas and family

“Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother” (Mark 3:35)
 
A word from the Word: Read Matthew 1
“A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham” (Matthew 1:1)
 
 
Matthew goes into great detail to show us Jesus’ earthly lineage. By so doing, Matthew also reveals the foreknowledge [...]

Finally

It has happened. My little town has a coffee shop. This has been a desire ever since we moved to Duncan. I went today to the Java Jar Trading Company. It is legitmate. Formerly all our town had was a coffee trailer. I know this doesn’t sound right either. I heard the coffee was okay. [...]

It’s Christmas time in the city…

I know Christmas isn’t until Sunday, but we celebrated early at my house. See, I have two little girls. The oldest of which hasn’t quite figured out time or days of the week yet. So, celebrating anything early doesn’t bother her. Anyway, it snowed yesterday, which made our celebration all the more sweeter. Especially since [...]

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First let me say this, if we aren’t loving our neighbors we really
aren’t loving God. A lack of love for others spills over into other
areas of our lives. Paul doesn’t suggest we love others, he tells us
it is a heavenly mandate. He even compares it to a debt that never
gets completly paid off (Rom. 13:8).
It [...]