My greatest hope as a mom is that Emma is able to look back on her childhood and say that she had a blast growing up in our family. I was just recounting to a friend some of the awesome adventures I had with my mom, brother, and sister growingContinue Reading
Several years ago I had the privilege of meeting Voddie Baucham when he spoke at a Disciple Now at Kirby Woods Baptist Church when I was in High School. He was such a commanding presence and incredible communicator that I have never forgotten him. I was also very impressed with theContinue Reading
I am a Church Member by Thom Rainer should be required reading for membership in any church that desires to model what true biblical fellowship is meant to look like. I received a copy of this book for free because Dr. Rainer tweeted that he was making several copiesContinue Reading
A few years ago, I had the privilege of meeting Greg Bitgood in his role coordinating The Vancouver Symposium on Christian Education. Greg is a leader of leaders and has a huge heart for discipling students. He is particularly interested in the pervasiveness of technology in our society and howContinue Reading
On the way to school yesterday, Emma and I passed a little boy riding his bike. She informed me that she would like to start riding her bike to school. I told her it might be dangerous since we live 9 miles away and you have to use two majorContinue Reading
Summer break finally arrived! Once school wraps up for the students, we head to summer schedule and Emma heads to summer camp for a few weeks. Then…we get three weeks off. This year I had to spend one of the weeks at Liberty University finishing up my Ed.S., but EmmaContinue Reading
What are your really awesome at? What would those around you identify as your strengths? Have you ever considered asking those closest to you to help you choose 5 areas that are your greatest strengths? Do you spend more time working on your strengths or weaknesses? I would recommendContinue Reading
“From the start, God’s design has been for every single disciple of Jesus to make disciples who make disciples who make disciples until the gospel spreads to all peoples.” Francis Chan, Multiply The greatest burden that God has placed on my heart lately is related to discipleship. I was privilegedContinue Reading
The first book I read for summer vacation was Deep and Wide by Andy Stanley. Andy is the Senior Pastor of North Point Community Church just north of Atlanta. North Point has three campuses in the Atlanta area and strategic partner churches all over the United States. The focus ofContinue Reading