Goo Goo Dolls Come to Mansfield

The Goo Goo Dolls played at Decker Gym on Sunday, October 24. We were fortunate enough to get tickets and went to the show with our friends Dan, Andrea and Roxanne. The show was AMAZING! We caught the tail end of the opening act and got decent seats for GGD. The guys seemed down to ...

The Appearance of Evil? 3

How many times have you heard “abstain from all appearance of evil…” in reference to some situation in your life or in the lives of others? This comes from 1 Thessalonians 5:22. The more I’ve read about this verse recently, the more I’m convinced that we aren’t applying it properly to our lives. Here’s why. ...

What We Can Learn From Glee 1

I will start this post off with a caveat, I do not agree with everything on the show Glee. In fact there is quite a lot I don’t agree with. If you need to, please re-read this sentence a couple of times, so that the point sticks in. Now to the good stuff. Last night’s ...

All You Need is Love

“By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:35 “All you need is love…” – The Beatles I feel like some things I’ve posted recently between my blog and Facebook have been misconstrued as an attack on people who adopt. Please know this – that could ...

The Church and Abortion

I’ve recently had many heated discussion on abortion and adoption in the church. Through those debates people have said that the church is doing its part by voting on abortion, etc. That is not the case. Let me gives some numbers to back that up. In the 2008 election season, According to InfoPlease, there were ...

Adoption Frustration 2

Warning: this post may be offensive to some. You’ve been warned. I’ve had a lot of back and forth over the last month or so, mostly on Facebook, on the subjects of abortion and adoptions – two very sensitive subjects with strong opinions and emotions on each side. Many people say, “they’re not mutually exclusive.” ...

God is Faithful 2

I thought today would be a great time to share a testimony of God’s faithfulness in our lives over the past 18 months. As many of you know, we had a miscarriage in March of 2009. It was an event that almost devastated us. I questioned God. I was angry at Him. How could He ...

Response to a Letter to Glenn Beck 1

A blog from Randy Bohlender popped up in my Facebook news feed the other day, and I had to check it out, since it had to do with Glenn Beck. As many of you may know, Glenn is a self-professed Mormon. How closely he follows the teachings of the Mormon church, I have know idea. ...

Warning 2

A lot of things have been happening in my life recently, some of which I can’t talk too much about, other than to say amazing things are happening, and God is moving. Many of you know that Danielle and I went through a miscarriage in early 2009 – an event that shattered our worlds, something ...

FIFA Should Be Ashamed

I hate to come off as the Angry American, upset after watching his country lose a heart breaker to Ghana, but seriously, FIFA should be ashamed of itself for the way the US team was treated during this World Cup. We had a game-winning goal disallowed for no reason. The referee wasn’t even able to ...