Prayer

We had an awesome service tonight–testimonies, communion, Scripture, special prayer time–with such a sweet spirit. My heart is full on account of God’s blessing and presence today.
The prayer time tonight focused on Family Month. Here are the things we prayed for. I share them here so you can continue to pray with us over the [...]

Football Season

The weather and football season are merging at just the right time. Today was (for me) the first day of the college football season, and tomorrow they’re predicting cool temps–even snow in the mountains. Are you ready for some football?
I didn’t get a chance to see Boise State play this afternoon, but I have heard [...]

Baptismal

Last evening we enjoyed a wonderful celebration of new life in Christ as 10 people from our congregation were baptized. This one of the fabulous joys of pastoring. We held the baptismal at the Church of the Brethren just down the road from us, and about 100 showed up to witness the public testimony of [...]

New Family Portraits

Thought you might like to see some of our Family Portraits, taken about two weeks ago, at Katherine Albertson Park in Boise. The Photographer was Valerie, owner of Captured Memories in Caldwell, and she did an incredible job. When you can work with nine people (seven of them kids under the age of 12), and [...]

Fantasy Football

Whatever these guys are doing, it sure looks serious!
Truthfully, it isn’t. Last night a group of us met to form our first-ever, Grace Bible Church Fantasy Football League (sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it?). There are ten guys; we formed ten teams; our commissioner is Lee Simmons–pictured here at right–and we plan to use the [...]

Caldwell Night Rodeo

On Friday last week Julia and I took the kids to the Caldwell Night Rodeo. It was a blast! This was a very high level of competition for bareback bronc riding, bull-riding, ect. I have made a commitment to make memories with my family, they grow up all too soon!
Check out some of the other [...]

Extreme Home Makeover!

We’re gearing up for Family Month in September and I am getting excited about what God is going to do. In addition to some fun activities, and some small group studies on marriage and parenting, here are the messages I plan to bring during September.
Sept 7. GET REAL–Let’s be honest about where we’re at.
Sept 14. [...]

I’m Back

Just to let you know, I’ve been out a few days, celebrating my 37th birthday and spending some quality time with my family. The blog has taken a back seat during that time, but I’ve got a lot to share and will fire it back up this week.
Stay tuned…

I’ve got to tell someone!

The greatest experience in the world is to lead someone to Jesus. Tonight it was Amir–my neighbor, friend and NOW BROTHER! He is 22 years old, his life has recently taken some rough turns, but thankfully those turns have opened his heart to Christ.
I cannot express the delight, the joy, the absolute fulfillment in leading [...]

Date Nite

I appreciate seeing the rest of you throughout the week, and I sincerely hope I don’t hurt your feelings. But the best night of my week is spent with the dearest–most beautiful–person in the world to me!
Though we don’t always get out on the same night, it is our custom to spend an evening together [...]

Breakfast with my Buddie

A fun part of many weekend mornings is having breakfast with my Buddie. Isaiah and I often share a bowl of cereal, and since he’s never satisfied when we’re finished, I give him a handful of dry cereal and he sits there till he’s had enough to eat. Of course, he never helps clean up [...]

Monumental Day!

Today is a big day!
Katie Miran will be twelve in about a month. I remember the day she was born–at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. As our firstborn she has always been very responsible. She’s just a great kid!
A few months ago we enrolled her in a babysitting class at the Rec Center. She [...]

St. Luke’s

Julia, Annie and I are sitting in the pre-op room, waiting for Annie to go for hernia surgery. Things are pretty slow here to day so we’ve not had to do much waiting. In fact, each time I’ve gotten my computer out to work, no sooner have I got logged in and I’ve had to [...]

Self-Control

Tonights message, in the series Growing Together, was on the subject of self-control.  If you’d like the notes to do a little more study on your own, here they are.

Family Pictures

We got family pictures taken last evening. What fun!
We went to Katherine Albertson Park in Boise, a photographer from Caldwell met us there, and we spent about two hours getting different pictures taken in various places around the park. I hate to admit it, but these guys are really photogenic.
We went this evening to see [...]