Sunday Night Rewind

Well it was a different kind of day… I slept in and woke up with the family… We all piled into the Family van and drove to church together… We all sat together (except Canon) and enjoyed hanging out with many of our friends at NorthGate. It was great to see some of our old MakeOver Team members serving at NorthGate and creating a great environment there! It was also great to see some of our old equipment being used...

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Merry Christmas

I hope everybody had a merry Christmas… of course not everybody did. I conducted a funeral service on Christmas Eve… a 37 yr old father… who had buried his son after being murdered in August… for that family the words merry and Christmas is not possible. There are many of us who will struggle through the Holiday season for many reasons… loss of friends, family members, loss of a job. loss of opportunity,...

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Better Late Than Never!

My goodness I feel like i have gotten completely out of my blogging rhythm… the problem is there is so much that is happening every week it is hard to keep up. Part of my motivation to blog is to keep a journal of the journey so this blog has been that for me but I have nit been as dedicated to the process as I have been… so I need to step it up a little… not that anybody else cares Let me rewind back a week…...

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Some Comparison Shopping

During this time of the year comparison shopping is huge… we are looking at every add that comes to us to see if we can get that gift any cheaper at another store or website… right? I have been reading Francis Chan’s new book the Forgotten God… about the Holy Spirit. It is a great book that I would encourage you to get and read. I was reading a portion of it this morning and he talks about what it means to...

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Awesome Nght

It has been a busy couple of days… I took Carlee down to Washington D.C. for a very special experience that she got to share with her grandmother… Gloria’s mom. We drove down yesterday and came back today. Carlee wanted to make sure that we got back in time for her to go to the Renovation’s Students Christmas Party tonight… so we got back just in time for her to go and for me to take Caleb to his...

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