Day 1 – Dedication

About 2 weeks ago I ran a half-marathon.  I spent about 3 months training for it.  I ran/biked 5 days a week religiously.  All the hard work paid off and was very rewarding.  But now, it’s been two weeks and I have not been out to run 1 time. I started a blog about 6…

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!  This day holds great significance in my life.  9 years ago today I asked my wife to marry me.  I thought it’d be fun to recount the story. I made phone calls and sent emails and had it all plotted out.  My brother was in on it and at the time…

Steven Curtis Chapman talks about the loss of his daughter and the inspiration behind his new song, Heaven is the Face.  My wife and I were in agreement that we don’t know how anyone gets through an ordeal like his family suffered through.  It’s a testimony of God’s grace that they are able to heal…

I have some further thoughts following up from my previous post. I remember one day sitting in our worship service listening to the message about tithing.  I leaned over to my wife and asked her how crazy it would be to give away one entire paycheck.  My thinking was, we wouldn’t be totally hurting to…