This Next Week
This next week is going to be busy. Monday: appointment for Lauren with peds neurosurgery, OT appointment for Lauren, work at the church in the afternoon, meeting with Copeland to get speakers back, drop drum set off to Justin Teseniar, and work on service for refuge Wednesday. Tuesday: Work on service for refuge & setup the worship area. Be home by →
The Heartfelt Fight
We give in and let our brokenness consume us every minute of every day and in our hearts and minds there is this spiritual war going on and it never ends. We may rest but God keeps fighting, we may sin but God keeps swinging the sword. I was watching this scene from "The Last Samurai" and Tom Cruise's character →
Letter to God
Why would you die for me? Why would you give your life over for me so long ago, long before I walked this earth, long before my parents or their parents walked this earth? I have done nothing do deserve this type of love. Why would you do this for me? I cannot grasp your idea of love and your →
The Week in Review and Not
I'm posting this now cuz I can. I had this great pic for Photography Friday and ya know I forgot to post it. So next week you can see it. We had our Rock-a-thon this past Friday night, it took a far amount of setup but we pulled it off. Thank you to all those who helped and the students who →
Gone Fishin' and More
Come Friday I will be camping out for two nights at a location undisclosed to many. Honestly, I'm looking forward to it. Life has been crazy and I think I need to take a two day sabbatical, turn off my cell phone, leave the laptop home, and try and focus on God. I'm longing for it, rain or shine. Fishing is →
Easter
Thank you Jesus.
"The best example of leadership is prioritizing family before ministry." ::Lee Baker I know he probably didn't say it first but hey said it to me and I agree so there ya go. Lee has always been a close friend who will tell you like it is and call you down when you need to be called down as well as lift →
Morning Prayer
This morning I meet pastorcope over at Dayspring Church on 9th Street along with 20 or so other pastors from our area. It was awesome. I'm still thinking about it. We prayed, serious prayed for our city. I truly believe God was moving among these pastors in our area and I'm looking forward to next week and I wait in →
unChristian
So I have finally been getting back to finishing unChristian by Kinnaman and Lyons and wanted to share a quote with you from the book as it relates to ministry and I feel more specifically the ministry that I am actively involved in. "I believe that today, young adults are starting to see the church as a place that has not →
Lauren's Birthday Update
I want to thank you all for your support and prayer for Lauren, she is now a whole 1 year old and we could not be more amazed with this child God has blessed us with. It has been far from easy as many of you know, but this is the life God has blessed us with and we continue →
Going Deeper
What does it mean? Going is a verb showing motion, showing movement. It is an action that involves us “the creation” to act upon something and that is where the deeper part comes in. Going is our action, our verb in our relationship with the creator. Deeper is the direction of our relationship. If we as Christians sit on the →
In the year 2000
Well 9 years post that is. Some of you might remember that line, some of you will not. To those who know this you may also recall the meaning of the universe, which is in fact the number 42. Really this new year brings new things. I truly want to journal through the entire Bible. This will in fact take a →
Student Impact Day 1
We have arrived at our destination in WV to attend the Student Impact's Ski Celebration here. All is going quite well. Tonight was an amazing. We where lead musically by this guy and it was awesome, you could hear in his voice how passionate he is about leading people to God through music. You should grab Phil Baqquie's stuff off →
More on Lauren and a Housing Rant
Subject:: The Family Camera:: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi Aperture:: f4.5 Shutter:: 1/50 ISO:: 200 Focal Length:: 100mm We had a wonderful Tuesday last week. Lauren had to get stuck nine times to get in IV in her. It was for her MRI with contrast. Which went fine after they got the IV. The great news? Dr. Grant does not think the tumor has grown! This →
Lauren
Well, she is yet again in the hospital. This time for her flu shot, which she had a major reaction to. We are talking severe, hives, rash, fever, respiratory distress, some pain I think (by the way she acts), heart rate that is between 170-230. She has not been a happy girl. They admitted her yesterday for observation and to →
Lauren Update 11.6.08
I don't even know where to start. As some of you (those in SC) found out, traveling with Lauren out of state is just not going to work so well. We have decided not to travel that far again until such time as her trach is removed, which now looks like March or April. It will be about 3 months after →
Lauren Update
Yes I know, it's been awhile. She is doing pretty well. Sitting up, grabbing at things, playing with blocks, putting the blocks in and out of her toy cookie jar, etc... We now have PT and OT coming to the house to work with her every week. We still go to speech on Wednesday mornings to work with her on →
Lauren Update
If your on Facebook then check out this piece of flair, it's a reminder to all to pray for Lauren. Just search in the Flair addon for "Pray for Lauren" We took Little Miss Lauren to 8 appointments this week. Always a blast! Right? We have 5 already for next week. Mind you 3 of them each week are speech, PT, →
I can't sleep.
It's 3:41 AM and I am so restless. I can't sleep, I can't get my mind off today or the MRI Lauren is about to have. I feel for her and wish I could just make it all go away. I have not even walked into the bedroom to lay down. I don't know where the time has went, I →
Photography Friday
Subject:: Where's My Beamer? Camera:: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi Aperture:: f5.6 Shutter:: 1/60 ISO:: 100 Focal Length:: 48mm
Lauren's First Big Photo Shoot
So for all you Lauren lovers out there (I know there are quite a few of you), Lauren had a photo shoot this morning with Daddy while she was hangin' out in her crib. The photos have been added to her page, which by the way, needs to be updated and shortened at a later date. It took some prodding →
4th of July Weekend
It' was pretty uneventful... kidding. We spent the morning of the fourth at Duke Medical Center in the ER with Lauren. Somehow her feeding tube came out and the hole closed up so we rushed her there to have the doctors reopen it, which took a bit of time as did the two x-rays they had to do, one with →
Photography Friday
Subject:: Poop Happens Camera:: Canon PowerShot SD870 IS Aperture:: f8 Shutter:: 1/60 ISO:: 200 Focal Length:: 4.6mm Photographer:: Rebecca Browne
Durham 2 Week Review
We have been in Durham for 2 weeks now "officially" that is. Things are going well, We have opted to have night time nursing for Lauren which will be better for us in the long run. We may actually get to sleep, who knows. The down side is that it makes taking her to appointments a lot more difficult since →