living a great story…
So enjoy these photos. They tell the story, and I know they will make you smile. I certainly know that Rebekah and I were smiling.
party girl takes it to the next level
Here’s the story. Back around 1991, our then seven-year-old daughter read a newspaper headline: “University of Florida Nation’s #1 Party School!” “Mamma, Daddy,” she called out. “I know where I want to go to college!” Time passed, Naomi grew up, and it turns out she didn’t become a Gator… but our enthusiastic daughter certainly did…
“Happy Holidays” and hanging with “The Most Interesting Man in the World”
If you missed it yesterday, please check out our 2015 Christmas Newsletter. The post is worth the read, and includes some great pictures. This morning, unfortunately, I’m sick. So I’ll just post this photograph from last night’s WFPC choir party, and then redirect you to my “Happy Holidays” column at Wake Forest Today. If I…
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the real meaning of family #blessed
How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down upon the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down over the collar of his robes. It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion. For…
Friends, Cousins, Lobster, and Belief
He told them to celebrate these days with feasting and gladness and by giving gifts of food to each other and presents to the poor. – Esther 9:22 Attention, fellow foodies! One of the flagship ideas of the food truck movement is rolling in to Wake County, coming via our good friends from church; and…
Acts 2 foodie post
Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts. (Acts 2:46) Time for a weekend foodie post! If you read me often you already know I’m a huge fan of good food. In fact, one of the challenges of…
the life of the party = Jesus!
Jesus said: “Because the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, you say, ‘Jesus eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what its followers do” (Luke 7:34-35). We all know Jesus was all about a good party. The New Testament…
Living Stones: on Christ the solid rock we stand…
Saying "Goodbye" to Brandon in August 2013
the good wine and the best of people
And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him, “Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good…
the hope, healing, grace, and promise of Christmas
t’s hard to move on from the Newtown discussion; the sadness of the horrific event is always going to be a part of Christmas 2012. But this morning I want to share a few words about our church that point to the hope and the promise that reside at the heart of Christmas, regardless of…
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