tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-308466092011-07-07T14:33:04.743-07:00"Life would not be so hard if we did not expect it to be so easy." C.S. LewisJason & Kimberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13515677344980272293noreply@blogger.comBlogger841100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30846609.post-42380518294356268872009-12-21T11:13:00.000-08:002009-12-21T11:21:30.297-08:00

Well it's that time......a time to move......a time to change......from one address and name......to another.It's been fun, and you can continue to follow us at The Clements Family.

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10. That I have a job9. That we have food and clothing8. That we have a roof over our head7. That I can see, hear, taste, touch and smell6. For the people in my missional community that I co-shepherd. We've been at it for about a year and God has moved and brought and married and grown people in our midst. And I have seen Acts 2:42-47 come alive before my eyes. I love them and they are a

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From the website:AMBITION. Simply knowing how to plant and lead a church is not enough. Knowledge must come hand-in-hand with God-given ambition. The Apostle Paul responded to God’s call to make the gospel known among the Gentiles with zealous determination. Paul, empowered by the Holy Spirit, made it his ambition to take the gospel to those who did not have it even if it cost him everything.

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In a world where sometimes it seems like God is nowhere to be found and it's impossible to see Him at work in the lives of people, or even in my own life, this song by Caedmon's Call is encouraging. Laden With GuiltLaden with guilt and full of fears I fly to Thee my Lord And not a glimpse of hope appears But in Thy written word The volumes of my Father's grace Does all my griefs assuage Here I

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Of old you laid the foundation of the earth,and the heavens are the work of your hands.They will perish, but you will remain;they will all wear out like a garment.You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away,but you are the same, and your years have no end.Psalm 102:25-27

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Taken from the blog Of First Importance:“The Lord reveal himself more and more to us in the face of his Son Jesus Christ and magnify the power of his grace in cherishing those beginnings of grace in the midst of our corruptions, and sanctify the consideration of our own infirmities to humble us, and of his tender mercy to encourage us.And may he persuade us that, since he has taken us into the

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This weekend I'm headed to Fight Club, the first Acts 29 conference in Georgia. Going with me, will be four guys from our Missional Community that I love dearly and have enjoyed growing and living life with. God has been good. This time last year, Kimberly and I were about a month into New City Church and the MC's had not even launched yet. Now, I'm being joined by four other men who God has

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After grieving this weekend with my family over the loss of my cousin, my heart aches. It aches because of the sadness I've heard and felt from each member I've grieved with. It aches because of the cries of questions and pain that I heard this weekend. It aches because of the lies that some believe and the guilt that people still carry. But, Jesus is still pursuing and calling broken,

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Job Chapter 37 1 At this also my heart tremblesand leaps out of its place. 2 Keep listening to the thunder of his voiceand the rumbling that comes from his mouth. 3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go,and his lightning to the corners of the earth. 4 After it his voice roars;he thunders with his majestic voice,and he does not restrain the lightnings when his voice is heard. 5 God thunders

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Kimberly and I took a walk today. Kimberly made the comment that there is a huge contrast in our neighborhood between winter and spring. She's right. When spring comes there's a huge transformation that takes place. Bradford pears produce beautiful white pedals and dogwoods produce their various leaves of red, white and yellow. It's a beautiful picture of death and new life. It also

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From the ESV Study Bible commentary on Romans chapter 1:In every instance the giving up to sin is a result of idolatry, the refusal to make God the center and circumference of all existence, so that in practice the creature is exalted over the Creator. Hence, all individual sins are a consequence of the failure to prize and praise God as the giver of every good thing.

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I enjoyed watching this. I thought Driscoll handled D.L.'s question of hypocrisy in the church well, ultimately pointing him and those watching to Jesus.Embedded video from CNN Video

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Bible Study Magazine and Mars Hill are giving away 20 copies of Mark Driscoll’s new book, Vintage Church. Not only that, but they are also giving away five subscriptions to Bible Study Magazine and a copy of their Bible Study Library software! Enter to win on the Bible Study Magazine Mark Driscoll page, then take a look at all the cool tools they have to take your Bible study to the next level!

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This video is part of a sermon that John Piper preached on January 25th, 2009. The title of the sermon is "The Baby in My Womb Leaped for Joy." This section of the video is where he responds to a statement President Obama made on the 36th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade. The entire sermon can be found here.

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I'm thankful to be apart of the Body of Christ. Not just the universal Body, but the local Body that I'm apart of. We call it a missional community. It, though, is people, the church. The last two sermons at New City have been on the church being 'One People' and the church as the body of Christ and Jesus is the Head. The dividing wall of race and culture is torn down as we come to Jesus as

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Here's how I did:Total Time: 1 hour Distance: 14.53 milesAverage Speed: 14.4 mphIt's the first time I've been on the bike in three or four months and it shows.

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“All that Christ did and suffered, from the manger to the tomb, forms one glorious whole, no part of which shall ever become needless or obsolete; no part of which one can ever leave without forsaking the whole.I am always at the manger, and yet I know that mere incarnation cannot save; always at Gethsemane, and yet I believe that its agony was not the finished work; always at the cross, with my

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I have become a fan of Sojourn Music. Sojourn Music is an extension of Sojourn Community Church. I frequent the Sojourn Music site often and included in one of the blog posts was a list of Advent related sections from different historical statements of faith. Since I have a copy of the Westminster Confession of Faith, I went and read the sections they listed. What I found in Chapter 8,

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BusinessWeek and Onboard Informatics teamed up to determine "The Best Places to Raise Your Kids 2009". They named one city for everyone of the fifty-two states and Warner Robins got the vote for Georgia.Here is the criteria they used:This year we are going state by state. Once again working with OnBoard Informatics, a New York-based provider of real estate analysis, we selected towns with at

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I was browsing over some blogs that I usually read and stumbled upon two new ones that I think may serve as informative for me in my suburban context. One of the blogs is entitled Missio Dei Suburbia: Reconnecting God's people to God's mission. The blog is maintained by Matt Adair, whom I spent four days with in St. Louis at an Acts 29 Conference. I enjoyed the conversations we had and I was

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A friend sent this to me a while back. If you're interested in creative improv, Improv Everywhere has some really cool videos you can check out. Here is one of them.

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After all of the bitterness and fear I've seen in post-election conversations (from believers and unbelievers), this quote from Al Mohler is a breathe of fresh air. “We are people that know politics is important, but not ultimate. We know that politics has its place, an urgent and important place where, in the City of Man, decisions are made that can make the difference between life and death,

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Here's us outside of The Journey, an Acts 29 church in St. Louis. This week has been great and I have enjoyed getting to know our leaders and making new friends. From left to right: Keith (my pastor), Heath, Patrick, me, Cameron, Paul. Thanks Patrick for the photo, totally ripped it from your blog.

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Well, it happened. On September 29th until November 8th I will report to work at 2:15 in the afternoon and get off at 10:45 at night, rather than my usual 6:00 a.m. till 2:45 p.m. schedule. What does this mean for me? Why have I titled this post Painful Providence? During this period our missional community will kick off. The missional community that we (Heath, Kimberly and myself) are

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Here is a video to tell you about the new book by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. Enjoy!

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That's right. For the past two days (with the exception of going to the doctor) I've been at home and resting on my back. Tuesday I got up and during this process a sharp pain jolted through my back which caused me to lay back for a minute. I was able to get up, so I didn't think about and went on to get ready for work. As the day progressed, the pain in my back increased to the point that it

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What a great night at the 567! The music sounded great. I heard many compliments around the room as the night went on at how good Chuck and Megan sounded. I was even asked if Megan made her own CD's! I got to see an old friend and meet new people and serve drinks with my best friend. The place was buzzing with people and conversations. The best part for me was being able to serve the coffee

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I recently posted a link to Jeff Vanderstelt's blog to help convey the transformation that has taken place about how I (and Kimberly) see myself as a member in the body of Christ and a missionary on mission with Jesus. One of the terms in the title is incarnational. Of course the root word here is incarnation, which is a theological word for God becoming man. More specifically, the Son of God

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"Paul Tripp...talks about how bad language is not about vocabulary so much as it is about the motives of our hearts." (Taken from the desiringGod blog.)

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(Photo was taken in our front yard.)"Then Moses spoke the words of this song until they were finished, in the ears of all the assembly of Israel: "Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb. For I will proclaim the name

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"I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of

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"Father, let me forget to get cupcake liners and frosting from the store, but let me not forget to be missional wherever I am at." That's my prayer as I write this. Earlier Kimberly asked me to run to the store to pick up cupcake liners and frosting because she forgot them at the store. Granted, she was starting on the cupcakes and didn't feel like moving much because she did a total body workout

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"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." Have you ever been one of those people who comes up to a person with a tract in their hand with no intention to get to know them? I have. I know that God uses these means. As Jesus said, "do not stop him, for the one who is not against you is for you."

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I must confess, there has been a huge transformation in my thinking about the church and it's mission. I hope to in the future elaborate on the title of this blog, because these two terms are crucial for what it means to be a missionary. For now I give you a link to a blog that I ran into while reading our pastor's blog. The Beginnings of a Missional Church Plant

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Well Heather, here goes nothing...5 worship songs I consider to be weird.In no significant order...1. 'Prepare the Way' by Charlie Hall. I think he is using the phrase 'prepare the way' as a call for God's people to clear their hearts for the work of God. I don't know. But what I do know is that when I have listened to this song I didn't get it and I didn't worship.2. 'I will call upon the

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Tim Challies over at challies.com has a great article challenging Christians how to think about this Economic Stimulus Payment we'll receive this month. I hope the title doesn't give the impression that I'm advocating that we only use the money for others. My hope, and what I got out of the article, is to challenge myself and others to pursue our joy in what will last, namely, Jesus. Yes, we

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Kimberly and I picked strawberries today at Lane's Packing. It was a glorious day outside. The sun was so bright, which made the ripe strawberries even more visible. Kimberly looked beautiful. (That's all I have to say about that!). Anyway, here is some gee-whiz info about strawberries that I didn't know: 'Madam Tallien, a great figure of the French Revolution, who was nicknamed Our Lady of

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To those who are hungry I set before you a feast that will be released in October. I am so excited about this. The ESV bible is my translation of preference for two reasons. One, it's a word-for-word translation rather than a thought-for-thought translation. The difference is pretty obvious. Here is an explanation from the intro to the ESV: "The ESV is an 'essentially literal' translation

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Click here to view the Good Friday video. To those of you who are squeamish around blood, I caution you this video is pretty bloody.

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You can read his biography here.

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The following list of songs are the top 25 songs I have played the most in iTunes since Kimberly and I got the iBook. The picture was taken straight from my iTunes library with Grab, another cool feature on the Mac. Thanks Josh P. for showing me that. By the way, thanks Heather for sharing your list, now here's mine.

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Thanks to Josh over at the Smoak House for this one.JasonWhat American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those

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Have you ever been around someone who forgot to put on deodorant? I'm really speaking to the men here. Guys, have you ever been around someone who forgot, or just refuses, to put on deodorant? It's bad isn't it? To me it's so bad that if said guy isn't apologetic about the smell, I either have to say something or go away, depending on the circumstance. If I'm working with the guy, I say

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In case you are misled, I am not a fan of Joel Osteen. I do not wish to promote any of his books. My only purpose for the above picture is to compare it with the one below.Notice any similarities? If not, maybe a couple of more observations will help. What do you notice about Jesus? Yes, that's right! He isn't real, he is plastic. Now, watch the video below. If you haven't made the

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I was reading this hymn this morning and I was illuminated. I've either read or sang this hymn before, but until now I never 'saw' what I was reading. The last verse of this hymn sums up our whole worldview. The keyword here is 'sums'. There are so many implications and applications from having a cross centered view, or rather a God-centered view, of all of life. Here is the last verse of

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“It is the cross that gives God his credibility. The only God I believe in is the one Nietzsche (the nineteenth-century German philosopher) ridiculed as ‘God on the cross.’ In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it?In the course of my travels I have entered a number of Buddhist temples in different Asian countries. I have stood respectfully before a statue of the

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“I do believe that the very angels have never wondered but once and that has been incessantly ever since they first beheld it. They never cease to tell the astonishing story, and to tell it with increasing astonishment too, that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, was born of the Virgin Mary, and became a man. Is he not rightly called Wonderful? Infinite, and an infant — eternal, and yet born of a

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Apple brought the fun of a photo booth to me, Kimberly, and Amanda. Oh what fun it is to pose on an iSight camera!Fun Photos

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Below is a project I've been working on. My sister sends me tons of pictures of my two nieces (Selene who is 2 yrs. and Kalyse who is almost 1 yr.). So, I just took some of them and made a slide show out of them.

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Christ has a gate far beyond all our thinking –Hidden the key, and the lock no man knows;Free as the wind in His secret appearings,Sweetly He comes and then strangely He goes.Ours but to seek Him with impatient patience!They only thrive who will wait for His love,Yet in the waiting besiege Him with weeping,Making ado till He comes from above.Christ by His dealings would fashion and mould us;

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Pain. Grief. Healing. Hope. Love. Joy. Providence. These are the themes of 'bella' . Not a single cuss word or sex scene. The character development is so good and the storyline so gripping, that, you will feel like you have walked beside the characters themselves. I thank God for Alejandro Monteverde and Metanoia Films and pray that He will raise up more men and women in Hollywood to

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The article can be read here. By the way I appreciated the comments left by our readers. One of the arguments against alcohol sales on Sunday right now is that not selling alcohol enhances the quality of life for people who don't want to be in 'that kind of environment'. Share your thoughts.----------------Now playing: The Myriad - We Will Be Disappointed Together (Arrows Mis)via FoxyTunes

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Due to recent developments in the area I want to gather the opinions of all our readers. Just a few weeks ago the City of Centerville voted to allow restaraunts to sell alcohol on Sunday. I don't know any definitive facts about whether Warner Robins will do the same or not. So, we have included a poll at the bottom for your voting pleasure. If you would like to explain your vote please feel

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Well, the votes are in. I thank everyone for taking valuable time out of your busy lives and voting. The results are: 3 persons voted that they prefer to drink coffee out of a french press, 0 persons voted that they love coffee but do not prefer to drink it out of a french press, 4 persons voted that they love coffee but haven't tried it out of a french press, and 1 person voted that they hate

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I live in a culture that is full of people that seek normality (if such a word exists). The status by which we are considered to meet the social expectations of the status quo. I see it in the church. It seems that the underlying goal is to be liked instead of being real. Of course, to be real is to reflect Reality Himself. So, when I read this passage from C.S. Lewis, it comes as a breath

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I love coffee. Kimberly dislikes it passionately (not just the taste, but the smell too). Our very first date was to a coffee shop. Oh how little did I know then. I'm thankful Kimberly's criteria for a man didn't include that he must not drink coffee. As Kimberly says, we got that difference in the open right off the bat. Today I am preparing to substitute for a brother at church who

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"Boasting and self-pity are manifestations of pride. Boasting is the response of pride to success. Self-pity is the response of pride to suffering. Boasting says, 'I deserve admiration because I have achieved so much.' Self-pity says, 'I deserve admiration because I have sacrificed so much.' Boasting is the voice of pride in the heart of the strong. Self-pity is the voice of pride in the

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It is quite humorous to me how I find myself in places on a date that, before now, would have been unthinkable. I've never been a big fan of Lowe's. I think the only times that Kimberly and I have gone to Lowe's is for gift cards. Now, we are going to Lowe's on a date night. We are under contract for our first house. Now, Lowe's is up there with Best Buy (in my esteem) and Hobby Lobby (in

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"Man's intellect seeks after rest, and by nature seeks it apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. Men of education are apt, even when converted, to look upon the simplicities of the cross of Christ with an eye too little reverent and loving...the temptation with a man of refined thought and high education is to depart from the simple truth of Christ crucified, and to invent, as the term is, a more

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We just got back from Freedom Fest over at Southside Baptist Church. This year they hosted Chris Tomlin. Before Chris and the band took the stage they opened up with the video below. What is interesting about this video is the person made it after he went to a Chris Tomlin concert and then posted it on YouTube. Check it out, it's pretty sweet. ----------------Now playing: Switchfoot - The

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Kimberly and I went to Casa Mexico in Byron tonight for our date night. It's our favorite Mexican restaurant. Their chimichangas are unrivaled by any other in our area simply because they have the brilliant idea of pouring that wonderful white cheese all over them. Anyway, after our dinner we walked through the Byron outlet. We came to the point in our date that every husband either loves or

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If you have not visited our link to the ministry of Abort73.com, I highly recommend it. Even more so if you or someone you know is thinking about having an abortion. On their page they have a post detailing the AMA's position on abortion over 100 years ago and their current position. It is quite shocking. The post can be read here.----------------Now playing: Phil Collins - I Wish It Would

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In case you are unaware, and have not been following the Little League World Series, our very own Warner Robins American Little League will be representing the Southeast in the United States Championship. They will be facing off against Lubbock, Texas who is representing the Southwest. This is the semi-final game to determine who will face off against the winner of the Carribean vs. Japan

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I just finished uploading the remaining photos from our trip to Tacoma, Washington. As I was commenting on each photo, I came across the photo of Kimberly standing in front of a Dancing Goats espresso bar (which can be viewed here). It occurred to me that their is a really cool legend behind the naming of this excellent coffee. It also occurred to me that some of you may be interested in

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Hey everyone! I just finished posting new photos. Hope you enjoy!

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I went to Mars Hill Church today. I have never been to a church like this one. The outside looks like a 100 year old Church. The inside, though, you could never tell you were at church, except for the pews inside the sanctuary. The lights were dim throughout the building. Their was a room (called the Commons) designated as the bookstore/coffee bar/overflow room with a projection screen,

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If I'm not mistaken, taking a class on Text Messaging (if there were such a thing) would not be unlike sitting in any Air Force instructed class. Abbreviations are everwhere! Just an observation...

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What can I say? It has been quite interesting these last two days. God has been good and has given me grace to give thanks and rejoice in our circumstances. Well, the trip started at approximately 5:00 a.m. on Sunday morning when Kimberly and I woke up to travel back from Valdosta (we were at a wedding). Even now I miss her, sitting there in the passenger seat so sleepy. We arrived at the

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This Sunday I will be leaving for Tacoma, Washington (State, not D.C.). I will be going up with four coworkers to McChord Air Force Base for the purpose of being trained on the tactical C-17. I'm excited and Kimberly is excited for me. It will be the longest stretch that we have ever been apart. I will miss her. Yet, I look forward to the time alone also. I will be able to visit geography

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I wanted to share a blog entry written by John Piper about the Supreme Courts' ruling in favor of upholding the ban on partial birth abortion. It's entitled Let the python eat its tail. Amen.

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What person, or persons, do you listen to most? Who affects you the most when they speak? Is it yourself? Spouse? Coworkers? Friends? I just read a blog entry from John Piper from Desiring God. Here is an excerpt from it:"The great need of our time is for people to experience the living reality of God by hearing his word personally and transformingly in Scripture. Something is incredibly

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Kimberly and I got up this morning very very late. 11:00. Right now it is 1:15. I've left Kimberly at home to relax and feel better. I've stopped at my favorite sub sandwich joint (Larry's), sung just about every favorite hymn I know, dropped of 'Last of the Mohicans' at Blockbuster, stopped by the Coffee Tree to get an Americano, and now at last I'm at Prinnie Mack coffee company working on

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Just wanted to let everyone know our Web Album has been updated with new photos!

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Christmas Photos!Roy and Lynette Stogsdill (Also known as Grandma and Grandpa)Terry, Carrie (and Caden, due in March), Kimberly, JasonThe family playing Mexican Train Dominoes.Our second Christmas together.This house had a musical light show. If you tuned into the radio station, you could enjoy the lights as they danced to the music. Very cool.

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Merry Christmas to all. As Kimberly and I celebrated the Incarnation, Death, and Ressurection of Christ Sunday, our pastor read from Galatians chapter 4:1-6. If you can't recall it go back and read it. It speaks of the insufficency of the law to save us and the sufficency of Christ to save us and His power to make us sons and daughters, fulfilling the promise made to Abraham. The focus,

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This section was taken from an article at www.bbc.com.Saby Madrigal, an 18-year-old college student who worked for a month at a shop to save up for a PS3, stood and queued outside a Circuit City store in New York for 24 hours but failed to buy a PS3. She vowed to keep looking. "For the work we had to do to get all the money to get the stupid system, I'm going to search every single store in town,

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A couple of months ago, when I first bought my camera phone, Kimberly and I went to a highschool football game where my alma mater was defeated by Heath's alma mater (I believe it's the coaching, but I could be wrong). While we were there we sat by this family who had this little kid. And this little kid was no ordinary little kid, as you can see. He was very expressive and did not like it

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These photos were taken last Thursday when we took our bible study group to the fair. They were taken with the camera on my phone, which is why the flash isn't too great.

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Salvation belongs to...I recently took part in a conversation with a coworker in which he asked a question. Everyone who believes that Man has the free-will(choice, determination, etc.) in himself to either believe on Jesus Christ as God and treasure Him as Savior, or disbelieve that He is God and refuse Him as Savior, will eventually come to this question. They will eventually come to this

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Upward Team Pictures!Hey everyone,This year Kimberly and I have the pleasure of coaching a 4th-6th grade girls soccer team. It's been neat to see the 'the least of these' come out and play. Not only that, we have had some really good discussions about God with these girls. I love working with them simply because it reminds me that I was made to be childlike and not give a rip about being

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Earlier this year I had the pleasure (and pain) of competing in a triathlon with Phil Ezell, Ric Crouch, Heath Clark and Reed Crumley. The details and results can be found here. Below is a comic that Ric sent to me, and, if you've ever experienced a triathlon you will find this quite funny. It is quite easy to get caught up in all of the gear. You can also view the pics by clicking on the

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Wedding Pictures! No not our wedding. These pictures were taken from the wedding of our good friends Nathan and Christine Hiland. The ceremony was held at Highland Hills Baptist Church in historic downtown Macon. Heath and I had the pleasure of filming the wedding for them. I had the pleasure of beholding my wife as one of the bridesmaids.Nathan and Christine HilandCrystal and Kimberly, the

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Hello to all of our friends! If you are visting this site this means you are our friend. Unless, of course, you have stumbled upon this site through google. Either way, we are glad you dropped by and drop us a comment so that we can know you visited. The picture below was taken by our good friend Amanda Miles. Thanks, friend!"...behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne. And

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