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I was born and raised in the Great State of Texas. I am proud of my Texas heritage and all things Texas. I have noticed living in the "Free State," Maryland, some interesting things. First, the "Free State" is not at all "Free." It cost money to live here and a lot of it. But, that is anywhere. Second is the North East is obsessed with Texas. Let me prove my point. We have restaurants

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Since the first part of May my life has been a crazy, busy, non-stop mess. With my resignation from Welsh and starting of the Bumper Man business life has passed by really quick. I did some training in Atlanta, GA and New Orleans the second and third week of June and kicked the business off the last week of June. From the start the used car managers have been very open and receptive to what I

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I have been a Texas Rangers fan since I was a little kid. I have a plastic batting helmet and little wooden bat from from childhood with the Rangers logo on it. As I am typing this I am wearing my Rangers shirt. Toby Harrah and Buddy Bell were my favorite players as a kid. I remember the greats like Odibie McDowell and Ferggie Jenkins with the Rangers. I watched Nolan Ryan pitch one night. I know

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These are pics taken by my niece who was in town helping with the kids.

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This is what the next month looks like for our family...its called nuts. May 24th Yard Sale because we don't want to move it and we have stuff worth selling. May 25th, second to last Sunday at Welsh. Packing, more packing and still more packing. May 30th, birthday/moving pool party for Riley at the YMCA pool. May 31st lots of packing because some friends, Heather and Sharee, are taking the

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Yesterday I announced to the church that I am resigning and moving to Hagerstown, MD. We had felt God moving us in this direction for some time now. We have been praying and asking God to provide the start-up cost for me to start my own business. We got our answer and now He keeps answering more. I will be officially known as a Bumperman, here is another website. Our prayer through this whole

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Well, this past Saturday I turned 37 years old. It was not a big deal, just another birthday that passes. My wife enabled my golf habit by letting me purchase a Taylor Made Rescue club. I am excited about the opportunity to play with it. Especially on the Par 4 number 3 at Polish Pines where you have to lay up before the water.Enough on my b-day. Now to the reason I am feeling old, the

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With the writer's strike this season some of my favorite shows have been delayed or canceled for the season all together. I am glad to see hope is on the horizon with one of the best shows I have seen, Deadliest Catch. I wrote a small blog about this last season here. I think I enjoy the show for the fact that this is real reality. These guys work hard and take great risks to bring a creature

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So the other day I blog about Dr. Demento and I was listen to some of the classics from the show and forgot one of my favorites, Squirrels. Also, there is this classic, Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah and finally Bulbous Bouffant. So, click on the links and find these classics.

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Today is the birthday of a radio icon, Dr. Demento. When I was a kid growing up in McKinney, TX my brother and I would listen to his show on Q102 on Sunday nights. He introduced us to some wonderful songs over the years. Songs like, "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV, or "Dead Puppies" by Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band. Dr. Demento also

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Sunday was a good day. The sermon went really well considering I preached longer than normal. It is funny because I only had three pages of notes, usually have at least five. My daughter the night before asked me about being baptized, she had been asking for some time. I talked to her about what baptism means and why and she said she wanted to become a Christ follower. I prayed with her and

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What a good day, it was long and I am tired but it was worth the trip. Bob Roberts was his usual engaging self. I was able to hang out with a friend, Cory, from another church in the area that road down with me. I had invited him earlier in the week because he is going through some transition stuff in his life and looks to be moving on to another church.I also got to spend some time with my

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One of my pastoral heroes is Bob Roberts, Pastor of Northwood Church in Keller, Texas. I first heard Bob while in seminary in Ft. Worth. I have read two of his books, Transformation and Glocalization. Tomorrow's one day conference is on his newest book, The Multiplying Church. I have not read his newest book, but as part of the conference fee we get the book.

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Ben Stein, one of my favorite actors, "Bueller, Bueller," and one of the smartest guys I have ever heard, is coming out with what looks to be a very interesting movie. It is called "Expelled." Here is some information from the movie website:There is a movement on the horizon that has the potential to change the educational system in America and influence your kids, you and the youth you serve.

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Under "what were they thinking?" The Missouri Baptist Convention decided on December 10th to no-longer fund church plants within their convention that also affiliate with the Acts 29 network because Acts 29 does not take an abstinence stand on the use of alcohol. Here is the story in Baptist Press and a story here and here from some blogging friends. Tom Ascol over at Founders Blog has a

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I think this is a tattoo that I need to look into getting.

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I know I have not blogged in a while. Between have three at home, church, coaching soccer and many other little things that arise in life I have not really thought about it. Then today I was thinking about it and our worship leader at the church told me I needed to update my blog, so here it is.Actually, what I was thinking about writing about is music. I am not a musician, though I do like to

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It is official! WE ARE HOME!. We got back to Frostburg around 1:00 PM Tuesday. Hudson is sleeping well and doing all the other things that babies do. We are so thankful that God took care of him during this time. Now we need to recuperate before my mom heads back to Texas on Tuesday.

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Hudson will probably be coming home tomorrow (Tuesday). He is doing really well and we are very thankful for all the prayers from all our friends. God has definitely blessed us and we are thankful to have been at such a good hospital as WVU. It almost enables me to be a Mountaineers fan (NOT). I will write if we get to go home tomorrow.

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The last 24+ hours have been crazy. Hudson on Thurs started running a fever which is very unusual with infants only three weeks old. Friday morning we took him to the Ped and they had him admitted to the hospital in Cumberland, MD where he was born about 15 miles from Frostburg. They ran cultures on blood and did a lumbar punch (spinal). The LP came back with bacteria and so he was transfered

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These are two pictures from yestarday after the birth of our third child Hudson Samuel. He was born at 7:50 AM and weighed 8lbs 6.8oz and was 20 inches long. He is doing really well. Michelle is recovering from the c-section very well and should be out of the hospital on Thursday. We appreciate all the prayers.

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"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' This is the great and foremost commandment. "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' (Matthew 22:36-39 NASB) "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the

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Jacob got home on Friday Auguat 20 and is doing really well. The miracle that happened is amazing to think about. He came through the surgery and originally the doctors were able to open up his pulmonary artery to 2mm, they were hoping for 4. A day later his lung collapsed and all blood flow was cut off. By the weekend the lung started to fill with air again and blood flow returned from other

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Today I am in Morgantown, West Virginia with a family from the church. Their son, Jacob, is four years old and is having his fourth open heart surgery. When he was born one of his arteries was not attached and his heart was not functioning correctly. He was rushed to the hospital here when he was baby and had his first surgery. Then six months later he had another surgery. Last year he had

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I was reading a friend's, Billy Victor, blog the other day and he had been through Toad Suck, Arkansas which I had been through before when I was in college. So it inspired me to remember some of the unusual city names that I have heard of in the five different states I have lived in my 36 year life. We will start with my home state of Texas and progress through the states in the order I have

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Obviously from dates on my blog I have not had much time to post. I have made a resolution to try to post at least once a week from now on to keep things going. I already have an idea of a post on funny city names. I have lived in five different states in my 36 years and I have visited over half the states in the US. There are some funny names out there, so I will highlight some of those

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Have we created a Christianity that has become sanitized? Before I get into what I am thinking on that question let me give you a definition of the word sanitize. It means, “To make more acceptable by removing unpleasant or offensive features from” God calls us as follower of Christ to be sanitized when it comes to sin in our life. We are to get rid of those things that entangle us and keep us

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Wow almost three months since my last post. What a shame. Well I will give you the article I wrote from our newsletter in a post.

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This Sunday I will conclude a series of sermons on the book of Nehemiah that I started back at the first of the year. It has been interrupted by other sermons here or there and one Sunday we didn't have church, but it has been a wonderful book to study.Too many books on Nehemiah focus of the leadership aspects of the book. Nehemiah is a wonderful book about leadership, but that is not the only

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This is my new favorite show behind 24. Nothing will surpass that show! I think the reason I like it so much is that it is real reality. These guys don't do this to be on TV, they do it to make a living. They take great risks so that people can enjoy the taste of King Crab in their homes or favorite restaurant. They work hard, they take risks and I am sure the life is not the most fun thing

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I love stories! I love to read good stories, hear good stories and watch good stories. I am drawn in by the personalities and figures that make up a story. What makes people tick? Why do they do what they do? I am drawn to good stories that capture my attention and draw me in for a long period of time. It is interesting as we read, hear, or watch stories unfold they teach us lessons about

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My heart goes out to all those who experienced tragedy this last week. Most of the world knows about the shooting at Virginia Tech and the tragedy that occurred there, some of you may have heard about the two miners killed in Barton, which is 10 miles or so from Frostburg. On Monday of last week we also had a three year-old little girl killed when a boulder the size of two softballs crashed

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One of my favorite blogs is by Mark Batterson, Pastor of National Community Church in Washington DC. He has written a great book called "In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day." If you have not read it, I strongly encourage you to read it. If you can't buy it go to his Chase The Lion website and you can download the first chapter and listen to the Podcast of all the sermons that make up the

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Supposedly spring came about a month ago, but as you can tell from the picture I took with my cell today, spring has not sprung. It is blowing snow with wind gust up to 50 MPH. Yes, that is my Char-Broil grill laying on its side. You might ask why I have not picked it up? Well, because it fell on its front during the night and I picked it up and now it is lying on its back. I believe I will

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Many will never recognize the name Wilford Jones, but you would recognize the outfit and the name if you ever watched the Dallas Cowboys for any length of time. Wilford Jones is also known in Dallas as "Crazy Ray." He was the unofficial mascot of the Cowboys for 44 years. He was never paid by the Cowboys though he was provided a parking space and pretty much all access to the stadium.Today he

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That's right men and women, boys and girls, today is the day to "Remember the Alamo." On this date back in 1836 at San Antonio de Béxar General Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón or Santa Anna and his 5000 soldier Mexican Army overthrew the 187 men of Texas that had been held up in the old Spanish Mission after a 13 day siege. The final battle on March 6th

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Well, I can finally announce it on my blog. Michelle is pregnant and due in September. Some people have known for a while, but we were waiting to tell Riley. While we were at my parents for C3 we told her. She is very excited to be a big sister again. She also is excited because she thinks she gets to show Carson what it means to be a big brother.Please keep us in your prayers, that God

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I know I said I would publish on Monday my reaction to C3 (Creative Church Conference) well we ran into some delays. Saturday morning we loaded up the fam and my dad took us to DFW airport to catch our 12:50 PM flight to BWI. It was windy. We get on the plane and the plane is rocking back and forth at the gate from the wind. We taxi out to the runway and the wind is horrible. I have seen

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Well, today was the first day of the C3 conference. Only a few brief observations. I will write in more detail probably on Monday after I recover from the trip back.First, is the big difference between Fellowship and Mars Hill Grand Rapids. I have been to Fellowship several times and knew what to expect. But after sitting through worship it was really apparent that Fellowship is a lot of show

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So, I need to set this up. Every semester I get asked to speak for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship on campus at Frostburg State. I enjoy it in many ways because several of the students that attend come to our church and it gives the pleasure of speaking to about 30-50 college students. One of the things that has bothered me about it is that every semester they usually have a topic or passage

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Well, today I have to admit my confusion as to why the Dallas Cowboys decided to hire Wade Phillips. I have no problem with the son of Bum. He is an incredible defensive minded coach. I guess it came down to in Jerry Jones' mind, "How can I best help Jason Garrett?" I really think Jerry sees him as the next head coach of the Cowboys, but at this point and time he is too green to take the

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As you look at this picture you think, man that dude had a rough day. Crashed his pick-up through the guard rail, jumped the culvert and landed in a ditch.Sometimes life is like this picture. You are having the worst day of your life and nothing seems to be going right. You try and try to do things you are suppose to and then you end up making a mistake or something happens that throws you

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Wow, you want cold I will give you cold. Todays high 16 tomorrows high 8. The wind chill factor of about -12. My daughter has a two hour delay already for school in the morning. They should just cancel because by 10 AM it is suppose to be a high of 2 with a wind chill of -19. Personally I don't think there is much difference between 16 and 8, that's just plain cold. Either way it just

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I was reading Marty Duren's blog the other day and found a link to the Founder's blog. I think Marty and Tom bring up a great question. Have we lost the gospel. Has our focus as believers (my own SBC) become about so many other things other than the Gospel? It is time that we get back to the heart of what it means to be Christ Followers.

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So, I write about Renee Alston's book "Stumbling Toward Faith" this morning and mention that I never read it. Well, God must want me to read it because this afternoon I bought it. Why do I say God wants me to read it? Well, the store I found it in is a hit and miss thing. If you are ever in the Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania region of the country you need to check out Ollies Bargain Outlet.

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I have recently been challenged in something that I felt was settled in my mind. First, by Rob Bell at the "Isn't She Beautiful?" conference at Mars Hill and then by Scot McKnight in his post Letters to Emerging Christians. What I heard and read I thought was a challenge to my beliefs, but I was wrong they were more of a confirmation of a belief that I already held, but just had not fully

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Winter has officially hit the northeast . The high today in Frostburg , Maryland is suppose to be 21 . Welcome back to all the Frostburg State University students who started classes today. We have snow on the ground with the expectation of some more in the next few days.But things could be worse. I received these pictures in an email this morning. They are from the town of Versoix near

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It's after 1 AM and I just got home about an hour and a half ago from Grandville, Michigan and "Isn't She Beautiful?" at Mars Hill. May I say it was worth my time. Albert, the Youth Minister, and I left early today to get back at a decent time. We missed the afternoon breakout session on Tuesday and the evening. I am going to be getting notes from a friend who was sticking around.Let me start

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I love history! I actually majored in history in college because of it. So, each day I like to see what significant things happened on this date in history, also I like to see what famous people were born on this day. So, here is a little history lesson for January 8, 2006. Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Soupy Sales, and Stephen Hawking were all born on this day. You may not know Stephen

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From my family we want to wish you and yours a Merry Christmas. May God bless you as you celebrate the greatest gift that could have ever been given.

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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:

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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

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

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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.

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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

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There is a story of a young woman one day who went to here pastor and wanted to talk about her job. She began to talk and told the pastor about how hard the job was and how rude the people she worked with were. She said she was really struggling in her Christian walk because of this job. The pastor looked at the woman and asked, “Where do you put lights?” The woman looked at the pastor

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With all the things happening at Southwestern Seminary, the institution I hold an Master of Divinity from, I feel I need to respond. Dwight McKissic preached at chapel earlier this semester and spoke of his private prayer language. Obviously SWBTS President Page Patterson did not like his view on the subject because McKissic's message was taken off the website for people to be able to view and

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I was reading another blog about the story of Darfur and that many Christian leaders have tried to bring this tragedy to the light of people in America. Here is the story.What really breaks my heart is the lack of concern for the most part among those who should care the most. Some estimates have 200,000 people dead while others believe it is closer to 400,000 people. Another 2.5 million have

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My beautiful wife's, Michelle, birthday is September 28th and no I will not reveal her age, as my Dad would say, "I maybe dumb but I am not stupid." In February we will celebrate our 7th year of marriage. We have been through so much in our seven years together. She has moved three times, me twice. We have lived in four different houses and she has given birth to our two children. There

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As if the treadmill is not the best one...here is a great challengerLego Treadmill

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I was reading a friends blog today and he had this video up and it is absolutely hysterical! How in the world someone thinks up this stuff I have no clue. But here is the link! I hope you laugh, I know I didTreadmill Video

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This picture is a delivery that was made this week to a school just a block from our church. It is the school my daughter will be attending kindergarten at this year. I am the dude in the middle back. The guy next to me is Bob Stevenson, the principal at the school and to my right is our WMU director. The kids are some students at the school. Our church collected nearly $1000 worth of school

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I was browsing some blogs today and one I came to was from someone that spoke at the Pennsylvania/South Jersey Convention several years ago when I was pastoring there. Alvin Reid is one of the most genuine guys I have met. He wrote this week "Everything I Need to Know About Ministry I Learned Playing High School Football." It is a great help. I have linked it for you but I wanted to relate a

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I heard a question the other day that made me really think. The question was, “Why do you do what you do?” I mean my father was a Fireman, so there was no family history of being a pastor. As I dwelled on that question more several thoughts ran through my head about why I am a pastor. I thought about God’s call on my life at 15 years old. I thought about my training in college and seminary

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I wrote last week about the incredibly high price I paid for airfare to Texas. Well, I did a search last weekend and for the same flights and times I could have flown for about half of what it cost me over the 4th of July weekend. What a greedy and crazy world we live in!

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Sunday is my daughter's fifth birthday. WOW! How time flies. I wanted to go ahead and write today because I don't think I will be able to before Sunday. Riley is a special joy in my life because I always wanted a little girl and God granted me my prayer. I pray daily that God would help me be a great dad to raise her. She brings joy to my life!These pictures of Riley were taken at the North

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Last week on June 29 my Aunt past away from complications of colon cancer. I had know this was coming for some time and had been preparing myself to preach at the service. This meant flying from Pittsburgh or Washington/Baltimore to Dallas. I knew it would be pricey because of the short notice but it became highway robbery...or is it airway robbery? Anyway, for one roundtrip ticket because of

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Of course that is because I went to bed in bad mood last night at around midnight est. Yes, I stayed up to watch the heartless Mavs loose four straight games and loose the NBA Finals. I had gotten my hopes up way too high. They beat the Spurs and the Suns and all they had to do was defeat so team from the Eastern Conference. That should be easy right. They beat two of the best teams in the

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As a family we are staying till Friday, so we decided to go the NC Zoo in Ashboro today! What a wonderful time. God has created som truly amazing things. God is a creative God. Here are some pics in honor of Steve McCoy whose grandmother had a stroke on Tuesday of the convention. He always has a Phriday is for Photos, so here are some of the ones that I have taken today here in NC!

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Actually it is the end. My family and I are back at the hotel after another day at the SBC. For the most part things went well. Had the privilege of hearing Condolezza Rice speak and she is a very engaging and thoughtful speaker. Frustration had hit me! We have taken and added to what John in Revelation told us NOT to add to! The SBC adopted a resolution that was amended and that basically now

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It was a long day and it just about did us in, but we did it! It's monday morning and we are in our hotel in High Point, NC. Yeah, it is not Greesnboro, but that is a whole long story in itself I will not go into at this time. We got in about 10 PM last night after leaving the metro Frostburg area at 1:30. I am learning better what it means to travel with kids. I am one of those, get on the road

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I guess I am a glutton for punishment. I am taking my family to the Southern Baptist Convention this week. This will be my second venture in the national conventions main stage. The last time I went to Dallas in 1997 and spent the day there mainly visiting with friends. Had lunch with Calvin Miller who gave me some great pastoral advice, I will not dispense with it here but it had to do staying

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I have written about why I like 24 before and here is Mark talking about some of the reasons I love the show.

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Well, its midnight eastern and my wife and kids are in bed and I can't go to sleep. I am watching "Dog the Bounty Hunter." I love this show for many reasons, mainly just because of the compassion that he shows many times at the end. But I am not here tonight to talk about Dog.Two great things happened in my life yesterday. One was my nephew was born to my brother and his wife. Benjamin is joined

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I am tired of the life that most people live for God. It seems to be such a mundane existence. There are times that I wish I could grab people and tell them to "WAKE UP!" Wake up to all the great things that God has for you. Wake up to the opportunities you have to be blessed by the one that has created you. Wake up because so many times we forget that the one who created us has such a better

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I am sitting in my NEW recliner watching the Suns/Lakers game. This day started early and was fully of good surprises for our family. Michelle and I had decided earlier in the week to get a baby sitter for today and go up to our house where we used to live in Tyrone, PA and knock a few things out to hopefully see it sell a little quicker. So we get up early this morning and get some things ready

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Last Wednesday was my birthday. I turned 35. I figure I have lived at least half my life thus far. Wow, I have a lot more living to do. My wife took me out to eat to my favorite restaurant in town. We came home and then my worship leader needed something moved from upstairs to the fellowship hall. So I went over and went in and all these people are sitting there in the dark. They got me!

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With the onslaught of bogus information about Jesus I feel I must at least touch on some of the things that have recently happened and things that are to come.First, I must touch on the coming National Geographic publishing of the lost "Gospel according to Judas." Let me say that a former classmate of mine a Southwestern Seminary, Bill Victor has written on this and done an outstanding job. If

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It is called my desk! Actually it is my office. I have never have been known as a neat freak, but it seems that this thing never gets cleared off. There is alwasy something cluttering up my office. I have these two huge green empty tubs in my office that need to go downstairs. I have a box of stuff that just probably needs to go to the trash. I think it is time for a good spring cleaning in the

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Not really, but I like to complain about all the cold weather. I am looking at weatherbug on my computer and it is flashing 20 degrees and the snow is on the way. I guess it is my Texas upbringing, where it rarely got in the 20's and only as late as February. I have not lived in Texas in almost 8 years. Actually I have lived more outside the state in my adult life than I have lived in the state.

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I was reading Mark Driscoll's blog (Mark is the Pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington) tonight and he had met Chuck Colson the other day at a luncheon and got Colson to answer some questions. If you would like to read the whole thing you can do that here: http://theresurgence.com/chuck_Colson_2One question in particular caught my eye. I have cut and pasted it here.Question from Mark

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Well I am sitting inside my office working on Sunday's sermon and browsing. Most of the snow is melted around the house because it is sunny and warm here today. I am glad! I am ready for the snow to be over. Don't get me wrong I like living in the cold, especially after spending the majority of my life so far in Texas. We went there for Christmas this year and it was in the 80's the whole time.

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I went to the dentist today. This is a new one for me, so it was an initial check. I was talking to him about my two front teeth, one is longer than the other and I wanted to know what it would take to fix the problem. He tells me that they would probably have to break my lower jaw to set it right and then do some work to straigthen up my teeth. Geez, not the answer I was looking for to my

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My wife and I have enjoyed watching some of the winter Olympics in the evening. We do enjoy watching the figure skating together. Though we prefer watching the pairs and ladies the most. Sorry, I don't want to mess up someone's "aura." The one thing my wife and I wished we had was a "Dick Button mute button" on our remote. He is one of the commentators that he has nothing good to say about anyone

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I feel like the life I am living is a little too crazy. These past two weeks have been torture on me and my family. My wife has endured so much I there was something I could do to really show her how much I appreciate her and what she does for us.I have already written about the illness that has run through our family. Well, it hit my son on Monday and my daughter again early Tuesday morning. We

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This last week was a little nuts. Let's start back with last Sunday and recap the week. My daughter wakes up early in the morning sick from a stomach virus...What joy. Then that afternoon my recliner decides to kick the bucket. I have stuff going on Monday through Wednesday since I have taken over helping our Campus Ministry. Then Wednesday evening hits with our Church Business Meeting...I will

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The Night the Recliner diedYes, it is official it bit the dust. It was a great recliner, given to me by my parents almost eight years ago. My wonderful Lazy-boy! Well, tonight it was sat in for the last time. One of the pieces of wood that holds it together split in half and now it leans heavily to that side and does not rock. I will miss my wonderful recliner. Where I spent many a wonderful

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Why do I feel like Jack BauerI love watching 24. It is the only show that I don't want to miss. The suspense of it all makes me stay on the edge of my seat. This season I have to record it because I have a meeting at 9 pm on Mondays. Actually I kind of like it that way, I tape the show and then I can sit down and watch it and skip the commercials.I feel like my life is sometimes like Jack Bauer's

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My family this past Christmas Eve 

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Found my brain at the local 7/11One of my college professors had a sign that hung on his door that gets more true each day. It read, "I have gone out to look for myself. If I should return before I get back, please hold me here until I return." The more I think about it the more true it is for my life. Tonight I got a wonderful joy. I was laying in the floor playing with my daughter before she

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This is part of my family...my son Carson is not pictured. 

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