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Our family’s mission.
I have always really liked symbols. You know, something that symbolizes important things or historic things. That’s why I like flags and really like authentic old battle flags. They mean something...
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Family Mission: Part 2
Ok, so in the last post I walked you through the importance of having a mission for yourself first and then for your family. If you don’t have a mission…..then where are you going?? What are you...
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Depression….like quicksand….only more cruel.
This past year has arguably been the worst year of my and my wife’s lives. So if ever either of us were going to go through the devastating struggle that is depression…..this would be the year....
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Processing our grief….learning from my kids.
I’ve walked through a lot of pain and a lot of grief in my short life. But nothing as intense or as painful as when we lost Evans. I described the feeling to my cousin that it was like someone...
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Partnering in others’ grief: How others have blessed us and how you can be a...
All through scripture you see believers partnering with one another to accomplish the will of the Father. In Exodus 12, a weary Moses needed help holding his hands up in order for the Israelites to...
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“Let the children come to me….”: Letting our kids have a voice.
So if you have young kids that are…well….”vocal” OR you have ever been around my children who talk more than the Jimmy John’s commercial guy….then you know they can be crazy cute at times and at others...
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My greatest fear….
I don’t think I’ve ever met a person that hasn’t dealt with fear at some point in their lives. Some people struggle in this fight more than others, but it can be absolutely crippling. It can be the...
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Finding significance in the insignificant….
I love my kids….ALOT. But you want to know something…..sometimes….they drive me CRAZY!!! If you’re a parent, you know what I’m talking about. The times when they are whining about the 1,000,000th...
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The day my passion died…..
My entire life (and my family will attest to this) I’ve been a very passionate person. About pretty much everything. I’ve always said to people, “I don’t care what you do, just be passionate about...
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Fruition
When we said, “Goodbye for now” to Evans, we chose to call his funeral and burial a ‘Planting’. In changing the name of what so many call this event, we were not only bringing light and comfort to...
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Milk, does it really “Do the body good”??
How many of you remember this add when we were younger?? Every other commercial on TV was a white mustached super star with the slogan “Milk, it does the body good…” at the end. So after all these...
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Milk Part 2: Raw vs. Pasteurized
The last post I did on milk I talked about the history of milk. In this post we’re going to really talk about the benefits of milk….REAL milk. Not what you buy in the stores that has hardly any...
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Milk Part 3: Milk Alternatives
Ok, so we’ve covered pretty much every aspect of the milk topic (not really, but a lot of it anyway!), except what to drink or what to have if you truly have a casein allergy and cannot drink any kind...
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Processing our grief….learning from my kids.
I’ve walked through a lot of pain and a lot of grief in my short life. But nothing as intense or as painful as when we lost Evans. I described the feeling to my cousin that it was like someone...
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Partnering in others’ grief: How others have blessed us and how you can be a...
All through scripture you see believers partnering with one another to accomplish the will of the Father. In Exodus 12, a weary Moses needed help holding his hands up in order for the Israelites to...
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“Let the children come to me….”: Letting our kids have a voice.
So if you have young kids that are…well….”vocal” OR you have ever been around my children who talk more than the Jimmy John’s commercial guy….then you know they can be crazy cute at times and at others...
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My greatest fear….
I don’t think I’ve ever met a person that hasn’t dealt with fear at some point in their lives. Some people struggle in this fight more than others, but it can be absolutely crippling. It can be the...
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Finding significance in the insignificant….
I love my kids….ALOT. But you want to know something…..sometimes….they drive me CRAZY!!! If you’re a parent, you know what I’m talking about. The times when they are whining about the 1,000,000th...
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Fruition
When we said, “Goodbye for now” to Evans, we chose to call his funeral and burial a ‘Planting’. In changing the name of what so many call this event, we were not only bringing light and comfort to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Milk, does it really “Do the body good”??
How many of you remember this add when we were younger?? Every other commercial on TV was a white mustached super star with the slogan “Milk, it does the body good…” at the end. So after all these...
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