It inspired me to keep praying like I have the power to change God’s mind.
Today marks the end of birthday week at our house. It’s a week of festivities and fun that begins with my daughter’s birthday and ends with my son’s. They were born seven days apart (in different years, of course). On Shawna’s birthday we spent the day hanging out, playing and reading. Today is very similar…
Our laundry room project that was launched in August is nearing completion. This past week, my final vacation allotment for the year, Erika and I tiled the floor. We attempted something new–tiling on diagonal. For those who aren’t up on tiling terminology, that’s what you call laying tiles on a 45 degree angle. Rather than…
Last Sunday morning I preached for 30-40 minutes, casting a vision and laying out a strategy for accomplishing our congregational mission. Tomorrow we begin our fall sermon series. Today, I’m stoked and here’s why: 1. In the past two weeks, it has felt like we’ve left our church moorings and set sail. There is a…
Soon you will be able to download Hanover Missionary Church sermons directly to your iPod. That’s right folks. You can have our weekly teachings automatically show up in your itunes account, whether you want to hear them or not. My good friend Luke is working night and day to get this new feature up and…
I’ve been enjoying my bike rides into work. I feel stronger and more environmentally conscious. Yesterday, I wasn’t paying enough attention to the road and I hit a pothole. The kind where the asphalt has broken off and caved into the ground about 6 inches. My skinny road bike tires didn’t have a chance. I blew them…
That’s my takeaway quote from one of the the many readings I’ve been assigned since starting back to school in September. Here’s the rest of the quote from an article by John W. O’Malley, “The moral of the story: hang in there, and try to write something every day no matter how banal or stupid…