Category: Purely Personal

Flashback Friday: Blame It On The Rain

Flashback Friday: Blame It On The Rain

Since it’s a bright sunny day outside, I figured it made sense to take us back to a rainy-day post. Because I’m all depressing like that. There are moments when you know that the pain...

Flashback Friday: Greater Love Hath No Man…

Flashback Friday: Greater Love Hath No Man…

Next week my friend and long-time fellow Summit pastor Brad O’Brien heads to the north country. Brad, his wife Jena-Marie, and a truckload of folks from the Summit are moving to Baltimore to plant Redeemer...

Pray for Noah

Pray for Noah

By now most of the Summit Church knows about Noah Bacon, one of our 16 year old covenant members who was in a serious accident yesterday. But even if you’re not a part of the...

Twenty Years.

Twenty Years.

Those babies up there? That’s us. January 16, 1993 was the day we said “I do.” We were kids. Children. Nineteen years old, crazy in love, and convinced we were ready for the road ahead. We’d...

Flashback Friday: Walkin’ After Midnight

Flashback Friday: Walkin’ After Midnight

Headin’ into the not-so-wayback machine in 3…2… …at 3:30 AM, I decided that the only thing that would put that kid to sleep was a car ride. (Also a horse tranquilizer, but I was fresh...

Yep. A Christmas Post.

Yep. A Christmas Post.

Merry Christmas from the Franks family! The blog will return next week after a long winter’s nap.

Capturing the Magic

Capturing the Magic

No doubt about it, this little girl loves her daddy and our special time together. And by “loves” I mean “I think my ear drum ruptured.”

Joy To Her World

Joy To Her World

I snapped this yesterday, during a quiet Sunday afternoon where Haven was having her yuletide world rocked. This year she’s all about The Polar Express. She calls it the “Magic Train.” When the opening credits...

A Tree Grows in Durham

Meticulous research has shown me that there are two kinds of people in this world: (1) those who like the predictability and practicality of an artificial Christmas tree, and (2) insane people. For 19 years,...

ThanksWeek: Twenty

ThanksWeek: Twenty

Today wraps up ThanksWeek on the blog. I’ve been checking off the list of people I’m thankful for, but you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know I’d save my favorite person on...

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