Flashback Friday: Blowouts and Banjo Music
A completely true tale: …so we made it off of I-40 and pulled over at a gas station in Rose Hill, NC, home of the world’s largest frying pan and a town where the motto is...
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Thursday Three For All
Four Reasons Why You Might Feel Disconnected From Your Church. (via @NathanRouse, HT @JustinKBuchanan) Don’t read the post without also hitting the comments. Yes, I agree with all four of Nathan’s points, but I also know...
Moses, ‘Mandments, & Toenail Polish
If you tuned in last week, you know that Advent has come to the Franks house. And even though we started off rough, we’ve persevered, stuck through, and endured more eye rolls and off-the-wall comments...
Putting a Dent in Advent
I’ll start this post with a couple of confessions: Confession #1: I stink at family devotions. Like, stink at ’em. Not “we could get better. Last year we only memorized Leviticus, this year we’re going for...
Flashback Friday: Autumn Has Arrived
After my little tirade at the beginning of Wednesday’s post, I was reminded anew how much I dislike the word “Autumn.” (I think it was invented by Hallmark to sell more cards, or something.) But...
Flashback Friday: The Futility of Balance
From the archives: There will be days…weeks…months where I have to give an inordinate amount of time to the church or to ministry. But there will also be times that are relatively calm. Both are...
Thursday Three For All
How To Keep A Library Of (Physical) Books. I love me some books (especially the ones that deal with grammar). Ryan Holiday schools us on how to organize an incredibly large library. I’ll be real...
A Mouse Tale
Nothing good ever begins with the words “Don’t…anybody…move…” And yet, those fifteen letters are what started the entire adventure last Friday night. It was sometime after 11 PM. The whole family – sans the Princess...
“You Happy, Daddy?”
My little girl will turn three in August. She is the source of way too much laughter in our family. Her adorability seems to know no bounds, and she has her three big brothers, her...
Thursday Three For All
(Remember kiddies: bold print takes you to the original article!) The Extravagant, Irrational Point. My friend and former Summit coworker Ashley Dickens wrote a phenomenal Fathers Day tribute to her dad. I’ve never met him, but...
