Sunday Night Rewind

Didn’t realize I skipped posting last week… where was I? oh maybe outside because of the incredible week of sunshine we had last week! For those who don’t live in B-lo we had Ty Pennington and the Extreme Makeover Team come to town this past week… they started by rebuilding a house but it turned into a 50 house project not far from us on the WestSide! It was really incredible to see all that they did with...

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Early Morning…

Wednesday’s are always early morning wake-ups for me and those who come to Men’s Fraternity. Last week I mussed it with the swine flu but i was back today. It never fails to see friendships really start to develop in this environment.  The first few weeks is always about breaking some “ice” with new guys but around week 6 or 7 a break through always start to happen… real friendships begin to take...

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Sunday Night Rewind

What a week it has been. It started off really well… Monday was great especially after getting back from Cincinnati and knowing we had a ton to do. I went to bed feeling just fine… I woke up wondering how a mack truck ran over me during the night. Any of you (which is many) that have had the swine flu…you know the feeling! I was flat on my back the rest of the week. I started feeling a little better Friday evening....

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Sunday Night Rewind

It has been a whirlwind the last couple of weeks… going to the Red River Rivalry last weekend and then off to Cincinnati with the Renovation Team this week it has been a little crazy… but really good! Last weekend my brother Jonathan had to deal with the death of a young man in his student ministry of course that is never easy but talking with him this week he said God has done some amazing things thru this tragedy. They...

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What a Weekend!

What a weekend i had… my dad and I hoped on a plane at 6.30 friday morning headed to Dallas. The three Cockrell boys took Dad to his first Red River Rivalry For those who don’t know this is played at the Cotton Bowl during the Texas State Fair. There were 96,000 fans… half Orange and half Red and what an experience and atmosphere I have never seen anything like it. We then flew back last night.. got back into...

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