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Thankful for God-fearing Family

3.23.2011 — 12 Comments

Yesterday I took Jess and our children to Allentown to visit with my Grandpa Miller (I’m not ashamed to tell you that I call him “Pap-Pap”) who is suffering through the late-stages of pancreatic cancer. Hospice is doing their part to make him comfortable as is his dear wife, Alma (Pap-Pap remarried after my grandmother died about 5-years ago).

As our visit in their home neared an end yesterday, the family circled up for closing prayer – as we often do. Before the prayer began, my God-fearing, Christ-trusting Pap-Pap managed to interrupt (in a great way) the closing-sequence of our visit by leading out in a song that is a testimony of the hope he has in Jesus Christ.

I’m thankful for generations on both sides of my family that continue to trust in the Lord and set Godly examples of living out their faith!

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Martin Bashir’s interview with Rob Bell (the rest of the story)

3.21.2011 — 5 Comments

If you haven’t seen Martin Bashir’s interview with “Love Wins” author, Rob Bell yet, please watch this first:

This interview has been getting a lot of air-time on Evangelical Christian blogs. And since it has aired (and been uploaded to YouTube) it has caused a lot of speculation and conversation. As far as video-interviews go it is the current cut-and-dry interview that asks the questions many of us would like the opportunity to ask ourselves of Rob Bell. Sadly, the answers we’ve been wanting in this situation are once-again re-routed.

After this interview, Martin Bashir was invited to an interview with Paul Edwards. Paul is the Teaching Pastor at Oakbrooke Bible Church in Waterford, Michigan and the host of The Paul Edwards Program heard weekday afternoons in Detroit on Salem Communications’ affiliate FaithTalk 1500.

His interview with Bashir is absolutely fantastic and opens the conversation up to a new level when we realize that a journalist, not a theologian, is able to ask some hard-hitting questions regarding the theology involved in “Love Wins”.

Here is the interview audio between Bashir and Edwards:
[audio:http://www.godandculture.com/ra/bashir_edwards.mp3]

You can download the interview mp3 here.

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Make the difference.

3.20.2011 — Leave a comment

“Whatever challenges you face in life…if you think you can make a difference…we say you can.”

This is the true story of the original Panyee Football Club (Thailand). These children thought “outside the box” and built a floating platform for playing soccer. Their story is absolutely wonderful!

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Family Night – Feeding the Ducks

3.19.2011 — 1 Comment

I spent a majority of today in the office. It was a beautiful day, I wanted to spend time at home with my family, but like often happens, I was behind on some necessary church-work and had to spend the day in the office.

When I finally finished my to-do list, I ran home and offered Jess a spur-of-the-moment evening out of the house. She jumped at the opportunity. Within minutes the kids were dressed for the cooler evening and we were on the way to our “surprise”.

When we arrived at the duck pond here in Shippensburg, Ella exclaimed, “I love this place – I’ve been dreaming of coming here!” That phrase launched us into a terrific evening together just as a family.