creative chaos

we’re putting on a couple of big cookouts for the age groups that i lead. i wanted something a little better than sending out an e-vite, so zach and i recorded some stupid videos to tell people about them. here’s the one we made for the 20-something group. their cookout is on […]

getting acclimated to marion

well, we’ve been running around on the farm, doing farmer-type stuff, driving to georgia and back to fetch our furniture and whatnot, throwing staff parties, etc. here’s a bunch of photos.

if you want a particular photo from the slideshow, leave me a comment and i’ll try to accommodate your request.

memorial day monday music

i always thought this song was a beautiful, tragic tribute to all those who have lost their lives in combat, although this song is specifically about vietnam. today’s selection is goodnight saigon by billy joel. don’t forget the reason why you get to take the day off and grill out and get slosh […]

wednesday worship

happy wednesday, everybody. (it seems that there are only five of you, and four out of five of you stay updated through a feed reader…see here if you wonder what in the world i’m talking about…) a new feature of wednesday worship posts will be the previous sunday’s set list. on sunday, […]

moving (back) to ohio (again)

we’re getting ready to leave ohio tomorrow after church. we’ll drive down to georgia tomorrow evening, sleep in our house one more time, finish packing up the house on monday, sleep at our friends’ place that evening, and leave tuesday morning to come back to ohio…for good. it’s quite weird. little bit […]

report card

gretchen got a hold of my board report… you can read some of it here if you want. enjoy.
don’t you wish your wife loved you as much as mine loves me?!

tuesday morning mind dump

the term “mind dump” sounds so gross…but to an extent that’s what i’m doing…taking all the stuff that’s developed in my mind over the past weekend and “dumping” it out here in cyberspace. thanks for understanding…
1. really great service on sunday. i think that a lot of people connect with god in a […]

saturday night stew

just a few quick hits tonight before i call it a night.
1. we visited a few friends in delaware and columbus today. nice to see them again, and we were shocked by how quickly we were able to buzz down to the city…that drive used to seem so long until we got used […]

photo journal: moving to ohio

also, check out gretchen’s latest post for a look at an interesting ohio trend…

this is buckeye country

welcome home, dear friend.