Two Down, Three to Go

Day Two of vacation was a pretty decent day. Despite the constant rain, I managed to take two full jeep loads of stuff to the Salvation Army. That is a cleansing feeling. Nice to have clutter out of the house and my life. As I look around, I still see some [...]

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One down; Four to go

Vacation update from Day 1: laundry done; dishes done; yard (jungle) mowed; cell phone fixed; checks cashed; kitchen cabinets emptied; NCD report written; and two movies watched. Fairly productive day, don’t ya think? I saw Princess Diaries 2 – cute flick (better rental) and The Notebook – beautiful work of art based [...]

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Summer is Officially Over

My youth kids returned to school today thus marking the official end of summer. In honor of their return, I have taken the week off!! I’m staying in town and using the town to get my house in order and to redo my kitchen. It needs to happen now before we get into [...]

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Where is the Love?

Tonight was our last night of Elevation – our summer youth program. Each week this summer our talks have been based on hit mainstream songs from secular musical groups such as Hoobastank; Audio Slave; Black-Eyed Peas. Tonight one of my senior boys (who is going into youth ministry) brought the message based on [...]

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Vintage Mullins

I’m chilling to some vintage Rich Mullins tonight as I clean up from having Common Ground friends over for a bbq and meeting. I took all of my Rich Mullins’s cds and loaded them into my cd player. Hit “shuffle” and savor the classic stories that Rich forever tells through music. Many of [...]

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Life Goals

Blake Update: He and mommy went home today. All are doing well and adjusting to the beautiful changes in their family. Thanks for all the nice notes and comments.
Some of our young singles group, Common Ground, helped with move-in day at Lincoln University here in Jefferson City. It is [...]

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Day After

Made a couple of trips to the hospital to see my sister and Blake. He is a doll (sorry, Greg – a handsome doll). He slept most of the day. Sleeping and eating are his big priorities – just like his aunt! HA
I took a few more pics today [...]

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Blake has arrived!

Blake Meredith has finally blessed us with his presence! Blake was born today at 4:47 pm. Angela and Greg went in at 6:30 am this morning and things progressed nicely throughout the day. All are doing well. Blake is 7 lbs, 8 ounces and 19″ long. And perfect in every [...]

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Love Actually

I watched the movie Love Actually tonight. A few very unnecessary scenes as is often the case in films these days but I loved the overall message of recognizing that love is actually all around us. So much seems to focus on the hurting, the suffering, the betraying and the heartache that is [...]

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Adjusting

After a summer of trips, youth camps, and other outdoor adventures, I am struggling to adjust to working in the office. My crazy travel schedule has finally come to an end and I am in the office all week – trying to remember what it is like to work this normal, yet odd schedule. [...]

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