Recovery is a word we never want to take for granted. And even though today’s procedure paled in comparison to previous ones, having your child have get wheeled away from your arms (even if he gets to go by the awesome bubble wall there at Children’s Hospital) is a tough process and one we haven’t gotten used to. But praise God, Cole is now in recovery (complete with popsicle) and doing well. Dr. Killian gave us good news that the…
We all live with expectations… some realistic, others unrealistic. Some expectations are met, others unmet leaving us disappointed. In many ways, our expectations come from a deep desire that lies within all of us… hope. To live without hope would be… well… hopeless. But eventually, we all will come to realize that our expectations will be unmet and it will feel like our hope has been dashed – that our hope has left us lacking and disappointed. There is no…
It was December 2013… in fact, just over a year ago when we all laced our shoes up to get ready for the annual Jingle Bell Run here in Tallahassee. All three of our boys were excited about running the race and Brooke (quite great with child) cheered us on from the sidelines. Brock was off and running with ahead of us and I had Jake and Cole in tow. Jake was learning about pacing himself and I kept a…
From what I’ve observed these years I’ve spent in public ministry and even in my own experience during my high school years… I’ve found that the church has a difficult time just resting in the Gospel alone. There is something within us that just drives us toward feeling that we’ve got to add something to the Gospel equation. So we start on our formulaic journey to make the Gospel = Jesus + something. For some it is Jesus + church…