Tag Archives: Family
When Community Is Needed Most
I want to say thank you to the many people in my life who have already been reaching out and offering help and prayers since I was laid off from my job on Monday. I am sorry if I write a lot about this for a while, but I share my life here whatever I [...]
Don’t Forget About the Church YOU Lead – Your Family
I have recently been thinking about how my family is my church and I am the Senior Pastor. Ok, so I am not really a pastor by credentials per se, but I stand in that role when it comes to leading my wife and kids spiritually. Here are some of my thoughts. – Family needs [...]
Calling Time Out To Refresh and Refill
[Photo Credit - SD Dirk - Flickr] I am a husband, father, small group leader for adults and also to high school guys. I work full time. Faith works full time and goes to school part time. All this to say that my life has become busier and busier. I have noticed the last several [...]
Growing Up Fast
Kendra turned 3 yesterday. She is growing up right before my eyes. For her birthday weekend, we had planned to go to the Zoo on Saturday, but we got rained out. So we went to the movies and she decided to go see the G-Force movies about the secret agent Guinea Pigs. It was a [...]
Sibling Rivalry
I grew up with 2 brothers and 1 sister. We all loved each other, but I remember a lot more of the teasing, pranking, fighting, and general sibling rivalry more than the cuddly loving moments. Yesterday afternoon I caught one of those loving moments between Ephriam and KC in the picture below. Just so you [...]
Road Trip Conversations
We made the 3 hour drive from Cincinnati up to Toledo this past weekend to attend a graduation party for Faith’s cousin Ariel. Let me start by saying that a 3 hour car drive is not a big deal to us. We make day trips to Toledo without batting an eye. We are more accustomed [...]
2 Of My Reasons Why
From May These two churchpunks are 2 of my reasons why I do everything that I do. They are part of the reason that I get out of bed in the morning. Of course sometimes that is because they are jumping on top of me telling me to wake up. They teach me more everyday [...]
Its May-Madness
March is usually the month associated with the madness of college basketball tournaments. For my family, the month of May is the month of madness. May is full of family events and keeps us busy all month. The list begins with birthdays followed by Mothers Day, more birthdays and cap it all of with Memorial [...]
Blogging With Children
Are you a blogging parent with small children? I love sharing stories on my blog about what God is doing in my life, but I also love to share my family life with you. I often find it difficult to find time to blog while juggling all of our family activities, church events, and work. [...]
God Wants To Hear You
This is my main man Ephriam. My first born and one of the joys of my life. He is one of the most loving kids I have ever met. I am biased of course. There isn’t an ounce of shyness in him and he will become you buddy in a heartbeat. What you won’t pick [...]