Category: Various

Christina and I went to Karissa’s Thanksgiving meal that they have every year at their school. We are pros at this now because we went to Josiah’s and Elliot’s meal for the last 6 years. It is great to see the kids helping out with the actual meal. Incredibly, the food is always great. I […]

My flight back to Ann Arbor got cancelled. It is a bit frustrating because tonight was my date night with Christina. I am going to catch the later flight which will get me back home later in the evening. Oh the joys of interruptions in our lives. Somehow God always has a plan for everything […]

        A special night out with the love of my life sponsored by a HMCC small group for Clergy Appreciation. Christina and I are so thankful for this gift. Oh the joy and passion of opera.

      Do I need to say any more? I am so blessed by the people in our church. They are always trying to find ways to bless our family. It is a joy serving and ministering to them, especially when I can get free tickets to the BIG game 🙂 The boys are […]

        This picture was photographed on November 7th, with a high-definition imaging (HDTV) from the Japanese spacecraft called, “Kaguya.” The spacecraft was orbiting about 62 miles above the moon and captured the Earth-rise. Something about this picture mesmerized me. For some reason, you see the beauty of God’s creation. Out of all […]

The family and I went to Josiah’s first basketball game (it was a home game). I realized that since it is a young team (5th and 6th graders) they are still developing not only in their skills but even in their physique. But it was fun watching them. In fact, it brought back a lot […]

It has truly been a blessing to see the renewed vision and energy within the campus ministry in our church. I realized that when anyone does anything for 11+ years, it is easy to get complacent and comfortable. Christina and I were talking about this today during our breakfast date. If we are not constantly […]

Today after the 1st Sunday Celebration, one of the small groups in our church gathered Christina and me together to present us with a gift. They surprised us with two tickets to see the opera “The Marriage of Figaro” in the Detroit Opera House. I was so ecstatic! I LOVE opera. I know how expensive […]

        This weekend some of the band members and I will be going to Chicago for the first Undergraduate Retreat for HMCC of Chicago. It is hard to believe that we just finished our Undergraduate Retreat here in Ann Arbor. We are expecting the same blessings that God poured out here in […]

I guess there are some benefits of being a PK when it comes to giving a speech. Everyone in Josiah’s class has to give a 5 minute presentation about some explorer who impacted world history. He had to do all the research on Captain James Cooke. Then he had to write up a report and […]

We had our first Leadership Lessons Luncheon this afternoon. For those of you who have not heard about this yet… after the Undergraduate Retreat the staff and I had a greater burden to help develop leaders in our church. If we are going to see a strong church then we need to influence people while […]

God knew what He was doing when He decided to create a life that would bring so much joy and happiness to this world. My life has never been the same the day I met her. The family and I followed our birthday tradition today by having the birthday person choose the restaurant that they […]

What a long day… or shall I say a long weekend. On Saturday, Christina and I had to leave early from the revival meeting because my family needed to get back to Ann Arbor. I ended up sticking around in Chicago for Sunday’s celebration at HMCC of Chicago. Pastor Paul’s message on “The Gospel for […]

Today was the first day of basketball practice for Josiah. It is amazing how kids today have so many opportunities to develop their skills at a younger age. My brother and I were talking yesterday on the phone and we concluded that if we had the opportunities that the kids are having nowadays that we […]