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Big News . . .

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting for weeks to share our big news, and the time has finally come. After tons of prayer and thought, and sharing and praying with the people closest to us, we have decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia.
Ever since I went with my parents to adopt my little [...]

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Caleb the Worship Leader

Posted by Mary Beth on Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Caleb is crazy about all kinds of music, he loves to play his guitar and drum. If there were a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game for toddlers, he would be a pro. But his favorite music is worship music. He runs around the house singing worship songs all day, and he [...]

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Our Family Mission

Posted by Casey on Thursday, July 20th, 2006

Mary Beth and I sat down last night to design our Family Mission Statement together. It took us a while to come up with an idea, but Mary Beth was the one who decided to use verbs to define how we wanted our family to be. We both sat at the computer for [...]

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Archive for the ‘Cool Sites’ Category

Lamplight Media

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Since I was in High School, I’ve been interested in developing websites. Over the last few years I’ve done web development work on the side as a hobby for a few different churches and companies, which I’ve extremely enjoyed.
A couple of months ago, a friend of mine, Zach Cheatham, and I decided to start [...]

Giving Wisely

Friday, October 20th, 2006

I recently ran across a very cool site called Charity Navigator. This site gives you TONS of information about charities from all over the U.S. One of the more important factors our family considers when giving to a charity, is the percentage of donations that actually go to help the cause. I [...]

Web Outreach

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

The internet is often used as a place to spread anger, hatred, and lies, but it can also be used as a tool to spread love and truth. I have come across a few sites lately that have been trying to do the latter:
Internet Evangelism Day - May 7, 2006
They’re trying to promote the [...]

War: From a Soldier’s Point of View

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

I came across this set of photos taken by a Marine in Lima Company (Ohio) while on duty in Iraq. It was very interesting to see what war looks like from a soldier’s perspective.
Please continue to keep all of the soldiers in your daily prayers…
View the Photos
If you want to see what [...]