New Kids Series: Glow N Tell

I don't remember having more fun preparing for a series than we are with our upcoming series entitled, "Glow N Tell". The series is all about teaching kids to build relationships with others in hopes of telling them about Jesus. As much as that alone excites us we are almost giddy about how fun it is to get our room ready. You see for the entire series we will be using black lights and all glow in the dark stuff. The kids are going to love it, heck, the adults are loving it. Once we are done decorating I'll drop in some pics. PS I want to give a huge shout out to Taylor Wynn for heading up the setting up team, thanx for all your doing, YOU ROCK!

Were having another BABY, YEAHHHHH!!!!

That's right, TJ is pregnant with #3. That's what were going to name it. We are sooooo stoked!!! We've known for a little while now and told some people, but this is our going public official web announcement. I was hoping to have a picture of the sonogram but they didn't do one last visit like I thought they would. We don't have any names picked out yet so if you have any idea's we'd love to hear them. True story, when we had Riley, I honestly wanted to name him BAM BAM. Obviously I was overruled. Anyways we are stoked and will keep you up to date. PS: Jon & Kate plus 8 will no longer be allowed to be watched in our home. I have to draw the line. Also TJ gets extremely sick during pregnancies, so pray for her. And because of that this probably will be our last of our own. After this we are praying about looking into adoption. We'll see what happens. c/ya DA

Pick a Fight!

This past week we started a new series for our kids called, The Good Fight! Every family fights but we have two ways we can fight. We can fight against each other about pointless things or we can fight with each other against something worthwhile. Fighting isn't bad. We are called to fight evil, poverty, injustice, loneliness, despair, and so many other worthy causes. The neat thing is when we pick a fight it is amazing to see how much that unifies a family or community. Just think back to 9/11. Afterwards we all picked a fight which brought each American together. So my family is trying to figure out what kind of fight we can pick. If you have any thoughts or want to share some fights you picked just let me know.

Sacred & Unfailing

"Jesus himself sent them out from east to west with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life." Mark 16:8b
I read this today and it hit me hard. Our Christ has sent us out to spread not just the overused term "gospel" or "good news" but He has sent us out with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life, that is HUGE. I couldn't help but think what my life and ministry would look like if I approached His great news with such reverence and confidence. Lord, help us all to wake up daily alert and ready to go out and spread your sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life."