Celebrating Mom & Dad

We celebrated the 50th anniversary of my mother & father over Thanksgiving. It’s amazing to think that after 50 years of marriage that they still love each other as much as they do. What a blessing to have parents who are so faithful to one another. I respect you mom & dad!
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Narnia Fun!

This morning Lindsay & I got breakfast served to us from the Narnia Breakfast Club. We just made a simple phone call (to my cell phone) and some yummy pancakes were delivered to us. Here’s an inside look at the staff:

Great Moments this Christmas

I hope you’ve had a great Christmas. We sure did.
It all started with Sterling’s birthday. We traveled with some friends down to Knoxville to see Texas take on Tennessee in basketball. Since Texas is our #1 team and Tennessee is #2, we hoped that that Texas would get first and Tennessee second [...]

Dadism #10: People

My dad is a great humanitarian.  Every once in a while he’ll say:
“I love humanity… it’s just the people I can’t stand.”

I’m on to Her

A year or so ago Kate said that her stomach hurt. She described how when she ate food, there was this little flap in her throat that made food feel like it was coming up her throat. When that happened she said it made her feel like she was going to throw up. [...]

Remembering Ryan’s Laugh

My nephew, Ryan Webb died last week. I will miss him very much.
You know, we often tell one another that we ought to live to our full potential or “Be all that you can be.” But that “wisdom” didn’t work for Ryan – he couldn’t even walk, talk or feed himself… he [...]

Dadism #9: Coach

In high school I ran cross country. My father always gave me the same advice. Before each race he would put his arm around me and say, “Son, I want you to either increase the length of your stride… or the frequency of it.”

Yesterday

Yesterday was the official launch of Redeemer Community Church. It was great! If I had to describe the atmosphere I would say: It was natural, fun and energetic. It was relaxed, rich and worshipful.
But perhaps the reason why yesterday was so great for me is that the week leading up to [...]