e-note to LCC
Dear Friends,
The summer has zoomed past. School started this week and Friday Night football is back tonight…… And thanks to the generosity of the LCC family, 200 kids received back packs full of school supplies to help them start the first day of school. God works in ways we never expect. I have [...]
Archive for August, 2008
God Works better than you think
Posted in Check it Out, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, e-note, tagged elementary schools, Euless, generosity, God, HEB Schools, helping hand, Jesus, joy, love, vacation on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Successful Marriage: Expect More of Yourself than of Your Spouse
Posted in Christian Living, Faith, Family, Good News, Leadership, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, Uncategorized, tagged empty nest, God, Jesus, joy, love, Marriage, marriage counseling, parenting, relationships on August 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Lisa and I just had our twenty-ninth wedding anniversary. I would say, and I think she would, we have had a successful marriage. We still love each other very much. Our love and our relationship, for sure, is stronger and more mature, thank God, than it was when we got married at twenty. We have been through all [...]
LCC Ministry Does Not Slow Down In Summer
Posted in Books, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Entertainment, Evangelism, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, My Church, RELIGION, e-note, tagged deeds of kindness, Euless, generosity, God, Jesus, Love God, love people, servant, service, serving, texas, union gospel mission on August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
weekly e-note to LCC
Dear Friends,
My daughter Brooke is married and on her honeymoon with Jonas somewhere on a beach resort in Mexico. Thanks again for all of your prayers and support. The wedding and reception were beautiful and went great. The LCC worship center was a cool place to be even though it was 100 degrees outside and the room was [...]
Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving
Posted in Bible Study, Books, Christian Living, Church, Faith, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged book review, Books, Church, discipleship, finances, generosity, giving, God, Jesus, joy, life change, love, personal finances, randy alcorn, spiritual health, spirituality, the treasure principle, tithing on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am in a men’s discipleship group that reads a book a month that has to do with spiritual or faith development and leadership. This last month we read Randy Alcorn’s small (120 pages) but powerful book The Treasure Principle: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving. It is a great book and a great teaching on [...]
Careful to be Blessed to be Dad
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Church, Current Events, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, PG Required, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged baby girl, Bible, blessed, blessings, bride, changed life, children, dad, daughter, emotions, father, God, grace, groom, humble, Jesus, joy, lifestyle, love, Marriage, married, mother, parenting, proud, smile, wedding on August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My daughter Brooke’s wedding and reception went off without a hitch. Our church was overflowing with the love of friends and family for Brooke and Jonas. All were there to wish them well and encourage them on this first day of the rest of their lives together in unity as family. Next to her mom, she was [...]
She Will Always be My Little Girl
Posted in Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Family, Good News, LCC, Leadership, e-note, tagged blessed, dad, daughter, father of the bride, God, happiness, Jesus, joy, lave, nostalgic, parenting, proud, thankful, wedding on August 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
weekly e-note to LCC
Dear Friends,
My daughter Brooke is getting married tomorrow and the rehearsal dinner is tonight………What a roller coaster week of emotions…..I am so happy for Brooke. Jonas is an incredible young man who loves her and God enough that Lisa and I feel good about giving our daughter away. (As good as you [...]
Still Questions but Grief With Hope
Posted in Christian Living, Current Events, Faith, Family, Messed Up World, Prayer, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, tagged adoption, car accident, cinderella, death, God, grief, grieve, hope, Jesus, maria chapman, peace, steven curtis chapman on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Bible teaches that life is hard even for the faithful. Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman lost his five year old daughter when his teenage son accidentally drove over her in their home driveway. The following video is an interview of the family on Good Morning America…….
He and his wife agree that as parents we [...]
Who You Choose as Friends is an Important Life Decision
Posted in Christian Living, Entertainment, Faith, Family, Leadership, PG Required, Self-Help, Stress, tagged book, choosing friends, friend, friendship, important decisions, jealousy, life, life lessons, parenting, parenting teens, Sean Covey, self-esteem, self-worth, teens, The six most important decisions you'll ever make, why i need new friends on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To go along with my last post and to help out with parent and child discussions on choosing friends here are some tips that deal with friendships from Sean Coveys book, The Six Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make.
Choose steady friends who like you for who you are, not fickled ones who like you for [...]
Friday Movie Review: The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants 2
Posted in Christian Living, Current Events, Entertainment, Family, PG Required, Self-Help, movies, tagged daughters, friends, friendships, mothers, movie review, movies, parenting, parenting teens, pg-13, relationships, teens, the sisterhood of the traveling pants 2, young adults on August 8, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Lisa and I went to the first traveling pants movie a few years ago. It is definitely chick flick material, but if I remember right, we enjoyed it. I think for most people, since we are created for relationships, a movie like this touches some, “I wish I had friends like that” cord.
I officiated at [...]
I Still Believe – Greg Laurie – Sunday After Son’s Death in Car Accident
Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living, Current Events, Evangelism, Faith, Family, Good News, Leadership, RELIGION, Self-Help, Stress, devotional, tagged car accident, christianity, Christopher Laurie, death, God, Greg Laurie, greg laurie's son, Harvest Christian Fellowship, hope, Jesus, life, Memorial, peace on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Evangelist and Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, Greg Laurie’s son died in a car accident last Thursday. Below is his tribute to his son this past Sunday at Harvest.
It is hard to imagine the pain he must have been going through just three days after Christopher’ death. The apostle Paul wrote:
And now, dear brothers and [...]
Friday Movie Review: Swing Vote
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Family, PG Required, movies, tagged Kevin Costner, politics, Swing Vote on August 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Peter T. Chattaway of Christianity Today posted a review on the movie Swing Vote. This movie which comes out today is a comedy and Mr. Chattaway gave it 2.5 out of 4 stars.
In the family corner of his review he writes:
Swing Vote is rated PG-13 for language (about a dozen four-letter words and about a [...]
