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An article about our family appeared on the front page of today’s edition of The Progress News. The article is currently posted online, but it may not be available long-term. Click here to read an archived version. The article focused on our new ministry appointments in Clearfield (at West Side and Centre Grove), as well … Read more
On Friday (our day off), we went to the grand opening of Dunkin Donuts here in Clearfield (near the new location of The Meadows). Dunkin Donuts was very busy while we were there. After a few bites of our flatbread sandwich, Ethan ate a good bit of a glazed donut (which may explain why his … Read more
On the surface, this might sound contradictory to what I recently wrote about change. Often, when we think about routine, we think of monotony and things that stay the same. But really, routines are simply habits or systems for getting things done. and to be most effective, the habits/systems/routines must change from time to time. … Read more
More firsts for Ethan. This time, it’s his first haircut. The haircut was a bit overdue; we waited as long as we could. We wondered how he would handle it, but he handled it extremely well!
The Fireman’s Parade ended where we were seated about 8:30 pm. We packed up the stroller and returned home. By that time, Ethan was ready to go to bed. We followed our evening routine (getting Ethan dressed for bed, reading a Bible story, praying with Ethan while he drinks milk from his sippy cup). Tonight … Read more
How do you manage and keep track of your tasks? Do you scribble notes on a piece of scrap paper or write a daily/weekly To-Do list? Do you use a daily planner, a PDA, or use an application on your computer or on the Internet? Lately, I’ve been thinking about my own journey of managing … Read more
I often say (somewhat cautiously) that I like change. For one thing, I’m in the business of change — is there any greater change than the kind of life transformation (i.e., change!) people experience through Christ? This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a … Read more
Some of the more popular search topics that bring people to this blog are searches related to Andy Stanley. I’ve written about Andy Stanley’s (and Lanes Jones’) book, Communicating for a Change before (see One-Point Preaching). This book has been the single most impacting book I’ve read on preaching. The first part of the book … Read more
Looking at our blog now, you might think that posting pictures of Ethan has always been *easy* for us. 🙂 Truth is, we struggled with whether or not to post that very first referral picture last September. We ended up posting one (of the 6 photos we received) in the It’s a Boy! post. When … Read more
Life. Leadership. God’s Mission. Those are the areas we’ve chosen to write about on this blog. But those areas have developed over time. We started out simply posting the text of our sermons. Later, we began reflecting on, and writing about, leadership. Over the course of the past year, we’ve begun writing a lot more … Read more