My Writting

40 He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd’s bag. Then, armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across the valley to fight the Philistine. 41 Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him, 42 sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced […]

So where were you 25 years ago today? It seems that every generation has their where I was moment. Over the last couple of decades you have the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the JFK assassination.  For my generation it is the Challenger disaster. There is of course 9-11 but I will leave that for the […]

November is National Adoption Month. In honor of that I thought I would share a link of a couple who are friends of ours that have opened their doors to foster kids. And because of that will be adopting one of their foster kids soon. Our Life dj

One of the things I remember most when growing up is the Big Red Machine. Living in Cincinnati during the hey day of the Big Red Machine, I grew up having Johnny Bench and Pete Rose as my idols. The Big Red Machine lost one of their own yesterday with the passing of Sparky Anderson […]

“You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hells is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. But the gateway to life is very narrow and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it. Matthew 7:13-14(NLT) This is a post that […]

I just finished the book The Sacred Echo by Margaret Feinberg. The book talks about not listening for God but to listen for His echo. Sometimes you hear his echo in a sermon or by reading the Bible or other areas. She covers several echos she has heard over the years and talks about how […]

Greg Simmons sent me this link this morning and I thought I should share it out with everyone. As Greg would say, “It’s covered in awesome sauce”. What ever that is 🙂 dj

Wednesday begins a new chapter in our lives. The twins start kindergarten tomorrow and Misty also starts a new job. She is now an Instructional Assistant at the kindergarten where the twins will be at. She has worked at the same place the twins have been since they started preschool and that has been very […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBTyTWOZCM I seen this video through Klove this morning. He talks about what the words in the Pledge means. One of the Wolf scout requirements is to be able to recite the Pledge and also talk about what the words mean. I’m glad that the scouts still value this and work to teach it to […]

We went camping this past weekend with Colby’s cub scout den to Carter Caves. What made this trip different for us was the fact that Zach and Gabe went with us. This was their first time camping and they loved it. There were a few moments where they had some stuff to get used to […]