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…
Read MoreEvery week day morning that I come together with the kids, there is a specific focus that we have. And Monday start off with martyrdom. Thus, we call it “Martyr Monday.” We have been walking through…
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So, to preface the audio, today was a beautiful sunny day here in New Mexico. The kids were already outside digging in the dirt and playing, so instead of pulling them inside to do…
Read MoreI 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...
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Our family has been in transition for around 2 weeks now. Really we have been in constant transition for the last 9 months or longer but who’s keeping track? Seriously though, the last few weeks have been filled with sleeping in basements (thank you to those who made a place for us in this time), filling our truck with everything we own…again and being humbled once again in how we don’t have it all together. :) There...
Read MoreHe went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with...
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Since picking up our newest home in Minnesota several weeks ago, a 29 foot travel trailer, we have experienced little sunlight. As we traveled across the northern states of the U.S. we encountered a blizzard in Montana, significant winds in Idaho, freezing rain and ice in eastern Oregon before finally arriving in our current location of Portland. To say it mildly, it was quite a journey with many obstacles in getting to our...
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As far as the “WHY” behind what we are doing this year…? Simple answer is obedience. But let me preface a longer answer to that question. Before I do, if you haven’t checked out my blog post around the “WHAT” – UPDATE then I would encourage you to. It will make more sense of this post. It has been several years now that we as a family began asking the Lord to reshape our hearts and lives to...
Read MoreI say that almost as a declaration, because it truly can be glorious, if you trust the One bringing the change. In the past 10 months there has been a lot of change in our lives. The great part is that the Lord had been preparing our hearts for this change in many ways. So when it was time, by His grace, we were ready to take the leap. Our first leap was leaving Bloomington or more specifically, Bethany’s campus, which we LOVE...
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