Archive for September, 2008
I have this problem of reading multiple books at one time. Not two or three but like six or seven. Here are a few that I’m working my way through. Purpose Driven – I read this book in a couple sittings a few years ago. Now I’m going through it with a growth group. Tonight was [ READ MORE ]
Yesterday was our last day with Kate at thebridge. To celebrate her and her role with thebridge we had a kicking party at our house. We invited everyone who attends thebridge to come and over 90 people showed up to party with us. About 20 people played football in our backyard, we had two huge [ READ MORE ]
Grandma and Grandpa came to town today and during a Wal Mart run they stopped to look at the fish with Toby. It didn’t take them long to decide that Toby needed a fish. A nice bright blue betta fish. After two or three names Toby has decided to go with Grandpa’s option of naming the fish [ READ MORE ]
Love the new mailer by Lifepoint. This is one of my favorite blogs to read. Click It I know we just launched Growth Groups and they are going awesome. I think we will stay with this format for awhile but I wouldn’t be surprised if God grows us into something like this down the road. Doing groups [ READ MORE ]
I recently had a coffee with a friend of mine who I have been sharing life with for several years. Over our visits there have been times when he hinted at God revealing different things to him. Often he would share these ideas, dreams, or ponderings but occasionally there would be this hint of something [ READ MORE ]
At first I was going to have this post be about the Twins back to back wins against the White Sox which is AWESOME!, but I thought I would disclose a little news instead. Jenny and I are expecting again and we are really pumped about this. When we first learned the news I had this [ READ MORE ]
Anyone have some new music ideas? [ READ MORE ]
Here are some bullets on what has been going on and what is coming up. Toby brought his guitar to church this morning and played with the band while they warmed up. Pictures of him and the guitar coming soon. We announced to thebridge this morning that Kate (the implementor of all things bridge and our first [ READ MORE ]
Quote of the day came from Toby. He pointed to a laundry basket of clothes and asked, “Daddy, are these clothes folded, dried, or need to be wrestled?” The obvious answer was they needed to be wrestled. So he dove in! [ READ MORE ]
All of this could have been done on Twitter but I haven’t got that advanced yet. Monday I played in golf fundraiser for Bethany Christian Services for the third consecutive year. It just happened to be at the nicest golf course in Iowa. You can view it here. We shot a 66 but it should also be [ READ MORE ]