Family

Last night, my mom and dad brought over a Bible.   Not just any Bible, but a Bible that has been in the family for a long time.  My Great-Grandfather was a Methodist Circuit Preacher in the early 1900’s.   The Rev. Jessee Morris traveled all around southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee in the Holston Methodist Conference. He was born in

The blog has been quiet for a couple of days because our family has been traveling.   On Thursday we spent most of the day traveling down to Charleston, South Carolina to visit Jennifer’s sister and her family.   Of course we had to make a detour through Charlotte so I could check out the new Ikea store and eat

The view from my front porch. I love watching snow pouring down.  Peaceful, quiet, and beautiful.  We’re enjoying a lazy Sunday snowy day at home with the kids.   I’m also thankful that it held off long enough so that we had church this morning.  God is good.

Today you get to hear from my incredible wife.  She agreed to write a post for the ladies in honor of Valentine’s Day.  We started dating way back in high school and have been married for thirteen years now.  After reading what she has to share, you will see that I am definitely a lucky man.  She is an incredible

Over the last few weeks and months, I have been disturbed by the number of marriages that have crashed and burned among my friends. I guess I’m finally getting to the age where many of the people I know are bailing out on their marriages. I’m concerned and bothered by what is going on. The sad fact though, is that

I’m sitting at my computer tonight preparing for a funeral service tomorrow for my uncle who passed away this week. Death has a way of making you slow down and re-evaluate your life, especially when it is unexpected. I’m using the three words below as an outline for my funeral message based on John 11:21-44. Remember – Review – Refocus

Our family drove to watch some Christmas lights over in North Carolina tonight. High Country Lights is in Glade Springs, which is about 20 minutes from our house. They have a pretty cool setup, and the kids had fun. But while we were there, it started raining … and the temperature outside was about 26 degrees. We started back towards

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I traded in my ’98 Subaru Outback today on a ’04 Ford F-150. My Subaru has been good to me, but after 150,000 miles, it was time to say goodbye. Here are a few pics of the new truck. I think Jenni likes it better than I do. Now I just have to figure out how to hook up my

Be careful what you ask for …

I’m going to borrow a tradition from my wife’s great blog. Jenni regularly posts her “thankful Thursday” list. On this great Thanksgiving Day, we all have so much to be thankful for. I’m thankful for … My wonderful wife – I continue to fall deeper and deeper in love with her. She is an amazing woman. We started dating 18