Category Archives: Favorite Days in My Life

A House: How God Answered

By | April 16, 2013

There really is no beginning to this story, so it may be best to simply observe that God’s faithfulness has been readily evident throughout our lives and particularly at every transition. We weren’t sure how he would work this time, but a past seminary professor of mine urged me to “pray big” in this home… Read More »

Half of My Life

By | April 12, 2013

The Word of God says that he who finds a wife finds a good thing (Prov 18:22). Yet it also is aware that it would be better to live in the wilderness than to live with some women (Prov 21:19). Today marks the day, according to a calculation in an Excel spreadsheet, when I’ve spent… Read More »

July 13

By | July 13, 2011

I’ve posted here several times before on July 13, including last year and the year before that and the year before that (but of course not the year before that).  It’s a memorable day for me, similar to the way that the year 586 was memorable for the Judeans exiled to Babylon. Recently, however, I… Read More »

Boy!

By | October 11, 2010

Good news!  Our son has arrived!  This morning Kelli had a C-section and at 8:04, Jonathan Daniel poked his head out into this bright, loud world.  Last night I predicted that he would weigh 7lbs and 9 oz.  The little guy must have picked up 2 oz overnight just to prove me wrong!  (If you… Read More »

9/ii

By | September 2, 2010

I don’t believe I’ve done very well my with “favorite days in my life” series.  Here’s a photo I took nine years ago today.  I ‘ll just say that the births of our first two didn’t go so well.  The third went extremely well and the memories are sweet.

18 Years

By | August 8, 2010

Today makes 18 years.  Several recent events make it more precious than it may have been otherwise.  Perhaps more on those things another time, but this is all the blogging I’m going to do today. The place where we were engaged, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee

Nahal Paran

By | February 10, 2010

I’d love to do a “favorite days in my life” series, but I doubt anyone would be interested but me.  But I came across this photo tonight and it reminded me of a very good day that ended in Nahal Paran.  Spectacular scenery, a gazillion stars at night, and good friends.  April 20, 2007