My New Hang-out

I am sitting in the new (though it has been around for a couple of months) coffee shop in Frostburg, Mountain City Coffeehouse & Creamery. Great little atmosphere...great pretzel sandwich. It is amazing until this place opened there was not a coffee shop in Frostburg which has a student population of 5000. I hope this place stays strong and makes it. It was not busy when I came in around 11:30 am, but business has been picking up in the last thirty minutes.

Here are somepics of my family that I wanted to share. The first is me with our daughter, Riley, and the other is my wife, Michelle and Carson our son.



I am so thankful to God for these wonderful gifts he has given me!!!!

Good posts from a friend

I was reading a friends blog today on the Holy Spirit and thought they were well written and well thought out. Which is surprising considering the guy who wrote them is an Aggie. John Herring is the Minister of Adults Johnsons Ferry Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Necessary (and Dangerous) Holy Spirit

The Dangerous and Necessary Holy Spirit, Pt. 2

Gotta get me one of these

My daughter is only five, but when the time comes I think I will have to get me one of these monkeys!

I can't wait for January

No it is not because American Idol is back. Personally I could care less about that show. It is because my favorite show to ever come to TV is back for another season and I just saw the 24 teaser and it looks awesome. I wrote about my love for this show in February.

Jack Bauer gives us an illustration of biblical truth that is uncanny. He is willing to sacrifice himself for everyone else. He has been doing it for 5 seasons on 24 and it looks as though the 6th one will be more of the same. When you watch the video listen to these quotes that sound so much like the need people have for what Jesus did in their place on the cross.

"A threat will rise"--what threat do all of us face? The threat of sin and what it will do to us in this life and the life to come. It is trying to take control of us each day and it needs to be stopped.

"Fear will grow"--people are full of fear in their lives. But as John tells us, "perfect love drives out fear." (1 John 4:8) Jesus displayed perfect love.


"Our only hope lies with one man"--WOW how true it is. It is funny when you watch the video Jack's hair is long with a long beard, almost trying to look like Jesus who is the only hope for anyone.


Jack says, "I can die for something"--Jesus died for something...for God's creation...you and me. We are all fallen in need of Jesus who died for us.

"We are asking you to sacrifice yourself"--That is exactly what God asked Jesus to do. "The greatest way to show love for friends is to die for them." (John 15:13) This is where Jesus showed perfect love, His willingness to sacrifice himself.

"If we want thses attacks to stop Jack Bauer has to be sacrificed"--The attack of sin on our life will not end in this life. But because of the sacrifice that Jesus made the attack of sin on the lives of Christ Followers will stop after this life is over.

Jesus paid the ultimate price for all of us. The price that we were suppose to pay. He laid down His life for you and me. What are you going to do with the knowledge of that?

Who you voting for?

Yesterday, I took the day off because Riley was off from school. So, Riley and I are doing something in the kitchen when Michelle walks through and I ask her"When do you want to go vote today?" Before Michelle could answer Riley asked, "Why are you going to vote?" Trying to figure out how to explain voting to a 5 year old I say, "To put people in our government to run the country." Riley says, "I want God to run our country."

Out of the mouth of babes.