Archive for May, 2008
Posted on May 28, 2008. Filed under: Adventure, Jesus Following | Tags: Adventure, rock climing, rafting, pressure, youth trip |
Four days from now, I will be going on a rafting and rock climbing adventure with 4 teenagers and two other sponsors. Call me crazy.
There are lots of details to check off the list between now and then. Borrowing camping and cooking gear, printing out tons of permission slips, and of course… making sure [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2008. Filed under: Adventure, Boys and Dogs | Tags: Adventure, creek beds, dirt slides, fun days, making memories |
This is the last week of school.
It’s a busy week. Our last youth group of the school year is tonight… and you have to finish strong. I’m putting together the senior slideshow for graduation… and its gonna look extra sharp. There are school board meetings and community functions happening this week that I need to [...]
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Posted on May 16, 2008. Filed under: Jesus Following | Tags: faith, navigating storms, rain, silver linings, storms, uncertainty |
This has been a rainy week.
Literally. Grass is getting green. There are leaves budding on the trees. The iris plants in our back yard are blooming. It really is a beautiful time of year. What makes all of this beauty possible? Rain. What brings rain? Big dark [...]
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Posted on May 10, 2008. Filed under: Jesus Following, Useful Tech Stuff | Tags: chickens, fixing stuff, learning from others, town geek |
A hundred years ago every old west town had a gun slinger, a sheriff, a town drunk, and a bunch of town folk. At least that’s the way it looked in several black and white western movies I’ve seen.
I’m turning out to be the town geek in Branson. There’s one other guy in town that [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2008. Filed under: Adventure, Boys and Dogs | Tags: quality time, time with kids |
The kindergarten teacher has no belly button.
Really, he doesn’t. He had surgery this week which resulted in his belly button being removed and Jodi subbing for his K-1 class all week. That means 4 straight Daddy Brock and Brody Days. I used to be afraid of those days. Now I love [...]
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Posted on May 4, 2008. Filed under: Jesus Following | Tags: God on the move, navigating storms, perseverance, trusting God |
“Staying the course” is a sailing term (I think). Ocean goers used to navigate by the stars and the sun. It must have been kinda tricky to learn to navigate by the sky (personally I like Google Earth, MapQuest, and my on-board GPS in our car), but once you learned it, you always had the [...]
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