Striking

This morning on the way to school my son and I had a conversation about words, the ones you can say and the ones you shouldn’t. “How do I know, Dad?” “Well, if you have never heard your mom and I say it chances are you shouldn’t” And that struck a cord within me. It […]

In the midst of it all…

As you know… if you are keeping up with the blog… and a lot of you are. We are in the first 3 days of the 31 day challenge… a challenge to read a chapter out of Proverbs each day through month of January. So far, Proverbs has been reminding us over and over again […]

The 31 Day Challenge Year 2

I debated and prayed and debated and prayed about doing the 31 day challenge again this year. And I just can’t resist and here is why…. 1. January 1st is on a Sunday 2. There is no better way to start off the new year than with a goal of reading a passage of scripture […]

A 4Him Memory

Yep, the music Marathon has begun. In case you do not know about the Brande’s annual Music Marathon: Each year right after after Christmas we begin to play every album (and every song that we own) all the way through, one time. Yes, every Album… Every Song… No Repeats until we are finished. My Wife “loves […]

The Polar Express

We watched the Polar Express last night. Its a family tradition. My son still sits on the edge of his seat (the couch) as he watches the film and my Daughter watches it without moving. There are some pretty “Christian sounding” lines in the film. One of the best ones is when The Conductor says: […]

The Possum Chronicles Christmas Edition

December 22nd, 6:15pm A host of possums positioned themselves on top of the barn, looking, gazing, hypothesizing about the road. Look there’s another one! (Havsum) And another… (Daresum) What are those lights Grissum? (Jensum) Don’t know, but they seem to be lining the road. (Grissum) They are Possum Ghost! (Knowsum) Coming back from the dead […]