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I was given the opportunity to speak at our home church on doing devotional times with family in the context of the home. This is something that we have experimented with and sought to do for years now…

I still have yet to finish my little blog series but had to interrupt it to blog about the precious new addition to our family.  I cannot rave enough about my wife. I saw her do the most incredible thing that I will ever experience with her in my life. This labor and delivery was so radically different than our other two children and I wasn’t pushed to the side by lots of nurses and doctors during the process and/or did not have...

We had fun last night singing, reading the Word and talking about Arden’s day and the choices he made throughout the day. We talked about why it’s important to continue to repent for our sin and believe that Jesus really is coming back to judge the earth. In short, I wanted to just share a thought I had last night as we were putting Arden to bed.  This particular night he wasn’t very excited about sleeping in his...

“A snapshot of the fun we have when visiting my homeland” From Aztec, NM/Durango, CO May 2011, posted by Richee Poustachio Parks on 5/24/2011 (61 items) Our Assistant Fire ChiefYou can’t see it but my shirt says “I’m Unique” with a picture of a snowflake on it. …Eliana loves those toes  This is part of Family Devos & working through being lights for God. We had a cup to …Arden...

“Random mobile pics from the month of May 2011” From May 2011 Mobiles, posted by Richee Poustachio Parks on 5/03/2011 (14 items) 12 disciples out on the boat prior to Jesus showing up on the sea. Arden is with Jesu… Jesus on the cross – Arden style. Notice the guy with jackhammer out in the middle. :… Jesus right before He Peter steps out of the boat. And yes, he is the one with a bear… Peter...

Some days I am blown away by how trickle down theology affects massive numbers of believers/church attenders throughout the Western Church.  One contributing factor to this pondering comes from reflecting on my own church upbringing as well as the wide variety of churches & believers I have seen in my past years of traveling with ministries.  The seminary student bound for pastorhood reads theology books based on a Platonic...

As you dive into this blog post, I wanted to set a foundation of remembrance on the key thing when it comes to revealing the state of our heart reality.  I believe it is the posture that Mary took in Luke 10:38-42 that will never fail us when it comes to where we stand before the Lord.  If we place ourselves before Him then He will continue to tenderly reveal the truth that lies in our hearts.  Prayer is central to remaining in Him...

Yesterday morning my little girl was birthed into the world, leaving me stunned by God’s creative genius and overwhelmed by the amount of love that He places in the heart of a father for their child.  At around 4pm today, just 12 hours after the labor process had begun, it was my job to go pick up my parents (grandma and grandpa) and Arden (big brother) from our apartment in order to escort them over to the hospital to see...