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The Block Heard Around the World

I didn’t realize it has been four years since that day. So, thanks to friends on facebook for the reminder. Four years ago today, I was standing in the Big House. Appalachian State University beat Michigan, in one of the biggest upsets in college football history.

The Dreaded NFL Preseason

NFL preseason. How can one short statement hold so much emotion? It’s a love-hate relationship in this house, which I have to come to grips with every August.

Love Looks Beyond the Scars

This past weekend my parents celebrated their thirty-seventh wedding anniversary, and my grandparents would have celebrated their sixty-eighth wedding anniversary. I come from a long line of love

Preparing a Generation

As we wound around the Kamuni River in the country of Guyana, I couldn’t grasp the splendor of the landscape around me. I rode beneath the jungle canopy, watching exotic birds sweep in front of the boat, monkeys dangling from tree to tree, and dead anacondas laying on the edge of the river.

Pictorial: A Mongolian Swimming Hole

This week, Samaritan’s Purse photographer, Paul Sherar, is in Mongolia covering a few projects.  I was captivated by this pictorial set when I first saw them.

A New Adventure

I am excited to announce that at the end of the week I am going on another trip!

Stop Being Pushed Around

There always comes a time when God asks us to take a stand for Him, and we either do or we don’t. It is that simple. No gray areas, just black and white. The sad thing is, we all probably fail more than we pass.