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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 ‘Spiritual’ Category

The Divine Conspiracy

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

For Christmas, my dad gave me a copy of The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard. He had been telling me about it for months, so I was anxious to read it. I finally finished it last week. I want to recommend it to anyone who is serious about becoming a disciple of [...]

Big Families

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Casey and I are often asked how many kids we plan on having. The truth is that we aren’t quite sure; we plan on having as many kids as God gives us. But I do hope that we will have a big family someday. I love big families; I love being around [...]

Choc-o-lack

Monday, April 9th, 2007

This year Casey and I observed Lent for the first time. Neither of us come from church traditions that observe Lent, so we weren’t really sure what to expect, but we hoped that it would be a way to prepare our hearts for Easter. I reluctantly decided to give up chocolate. If [...]

Springtime

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

A few weekends ago we went with some of our friends to a nearby field that blooms with daffodils every spring. It was great fun getting to see Caleb’s reaction to all of the blooming flowers. We also had the opportunity to take some pictures of the kids, as well as some family [...]

Healer of My Soul

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

I bought Matt Redman’s new CD, Beautiful News, last night. I really like his other CDs, but I bought this one because of one of the songs I heard: Thank You for Healing Me.
When I first heard this song, I was shocked by how much it related to my journey with the Lord. [...]