tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126016772024-03-23T12:13:19.300-06:00Pot Calling KettleVincehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05285748585725536330noreply@blogger.comBlogger462125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-43419304870777673212010-12-28T19:56:00.001-07:002010-12-28T19:57:09.653-07:00Change o' venues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">The Town Church</a> will be meeting at the Black Home. Starting on January 9th we will be back at Peak Community Church at 500 Mathews Street in Fort Collins. Join us, eh? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TRqjIPOH3rI/AAAAAAAACZM/bxRwfux_XTY/s1600/januaryfrontpage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TRqjIPOH3rI/AAAAAAAACZM/bxRwfux_XTY/s400/januaryfrontpage.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-64752315192420592662010-10-03T09:33:00.000-06:002010-10-03T09:33:09.439-06:00Facebook page for The Town ChurchIf you are interested in "liking" things then The Town Church would like your "liking." Click the image below to start "liking" us. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fort-Collins-CO/The-Town-Church/135008679879660?ref=ts" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TKih-pxSTeI/AAAAAAAACYc/pQMV9YnrSYk/s320/fbs.jpg" width="278" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-727601704036807132010-09-02T14:50:00.000-06:002010-09-02T14:50:16.652-06:00MISSION<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TH6jNpw_yfI/AAAAAAAACWM/sQjPJ4roe7M/s1600/mission.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TH6jNpw_yfI/AAAAAAAACWM/sQjPJ4roe7M/s400/mission.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last week we finished a series on Jesus words to his followers in the mountains. This Sunday (September 5th) we will begin a series on the mission of The Town Church. As a church our mission is to <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">worship God in community - loving others, engaging the culture and seeking to transform lives with the gospel of Jesus</span>.</i> Each Sunday we will discuss a different aspect of the mission. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">September 5 - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">We Worship God in Community</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">September 12 - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">We Love Others</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">September 19 - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">We Engage Culture</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">September 26 - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">We Seek to Transform Lives with the Gospel of Jesus</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you are interested in hearing more about and being a part of our mission in Old Town, Fort Collins and beyond - join us at 4 PM each Sunday in September. Looking forward to being with you!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We meet at Peak Community Church (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&q=the+town+church&fb=1&gl=us&hq=the+town+church&hnear=Fort+Collins,+CO&cid=0,0,13591787353391279387&ei=y2kITI-OMY-ONZe8wbUE&ved=0CBcQnwIwAA&z=16&iwloc=A">500 Mathews Street</a>) in Old Town, Fort Collins. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">www.thetownftc.org</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">970.237.2427 </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-91889451250118215252010-07-18T09:30:00.000-06:002010-07-18T09:30:51.239-06:00Psalm 119 - pt. 9Are you looking to connect to a community? Join <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">us</a> this evening at <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/gathering">4 PM</a>. We meet at Peak Community Church (<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&q=the+town+church&fb=1&gl=us&hq=the+town+church&hnear=Fort+Collins,+CO&cid=0,0,13591787353391279387&ei=sxxDTI_-N5K-sQPo8vmGDQ&ved=0CB4QnwIwAQ&ll=40.581204,-105.073714&spn=0.010185,0.013711&z=16&iwloc=A">500 Matthews Street / Fort Collins</a>) - just two blocks from the CSU campus.<br />
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As <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">a church</a> we've been reading through Psalm 119 together. We read a section every Sunday evening and I've been encouraging everyone to be reading and meditating on the next section of the Psalm throughout the following week. Today we are reading Psalm 119:65-72. <br />
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If you are unable to gather with us this evening, join us in reading this passage where ever you may be.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Psalm 119:65-72</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">TETH</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i></i></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i></i></span><br />
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<i><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You have dealt well with your servant,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">O LORD, according to your word.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Teach me good judgment and knowledge,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for I believe in your commandments.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Before I was afflicted I went astray,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but now I keep your word.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You are good and do good;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">teach me your statutes.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The insolent smear me with lies,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">their heart is unfeeling like fat,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but I delight in your law.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It is good for me that I was afflicted,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that I might learn your statutes.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The law of your mouth is better to me</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">than thousands of gold and silver pieces.</span></span></div></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-84936809039197281252010-07-11T07:33:00.000-06:002010-07-11T07:33:43.865-06:00119 - pt. 8<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over the last several weeks we've been reading portions of Psalm 119 together as <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">a church</a>. Here is the passage for Sunday, July 11th. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TDnHoWuF_GI/AAAAAAAACS8/PyQFfEgy-pY/s1600/750px-US_119.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TDnHoWuF_GI/AAAAAAAACS8/PyQFfEgy-pY/s200/750px-US_119.svg.png" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Psalm 119:57-64</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The LORD is my portion;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I promise to keep your words.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I entreat your favor with all my heart;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">be gracious to me according to your promise.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I think on my ways,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I turn my feet to your testimonies;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hasten and do not delay</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to keep your commandments.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I do not forget your law.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">At midnight I rise to praise you,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">because of your righteous rules.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am a companion of all who fear you,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of those who keep your precepts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The earth, O LORD, is full of your steadfast love;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">teach me your statutes!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-31799619149411649832010-07-08T10:20:00.000-06:002010-07-08T10:20:02.365-06:00Family Worship<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TDX3kOLAwhI/AAAAAAAACS0/b5JcqInzsy0/s1600/Practical-Ideas-Family-Worship.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TDX3kOLAwhI/AAAAAAAACS0/b5JcqInzsy0/s320/Practical-Ideas-Family-Worship.jpeg" /></a></div>The Resurgence posted an article by Tim Smith (Worship Pastor at Mars Hill) about family worship. In this article he suggests 7 practical tips on how to lead your family in worship.<br />
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I would fully recommend everything he says in this article - whether you have children or not. Set aside time every day to worship with your spouse and anyone else who may be in your house. <br />
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In this article he mentions <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Storybook-Bible-Every-Whispers/dp/0310708257?ie=UTF8&tag=partiallyreadbooks&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Jesus Story Book Bible</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=partiallyreadbooks&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0310708257" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />. I would also highly recommend owning this book. If you don't have it and you want it for FREE - join <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">us</a> on a Sunday and I will give it to you. <br />
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Below is the article in full. Be sure to check <a href="http://theresurgence.com/">theresurgence.com</a> often for articles like these.<br />
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Keep it short</h2><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">I would recommend 15-30 minutes, as a general rule. If things are going well, you can always keep the conversation going, but the goal should be brevity. If you make a discussion too long, it will become tedious and can actually turn your kids away from God. This time should be an overflow of all the Scripture, prayer, and discussion going on in the rest of your lives—not the only place where it happens.</div><h2 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #777777; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.3em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2. Read</h2><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Most importantly, family worship is a time for Scripture. Make sure to read small chunks, maybe only a verse or two, at a time and then unpack it together. You can go through a book of the Bible, pick a verse that applies to the day’s events, or choose something topical. The important thing here is connecting Scripture to life in a way that your kids can understand. For younger kids, the <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Storybook-Bible-Every-Whispers/dp/0310708257?ie=UTF8&tag=partiallyreadbooks&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Jesus Storybook Bible</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=partiallyreadbooks&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0310708257" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></i> is pretty hard to beat.</div><h2 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #777777; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.3em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3. Pray</h2><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Everyone should pray together. Thank God for what he has done and how he has provided. Take requests. Pray for each other. Pray for your city and specific lost people in your lives. Remember that you are building a rhythm, which is just as important as any specific prayer.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"></span></div><h2 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #777777; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.3em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">4. Sing</h2><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">It doesn’t matter if you can play an instrument or your voice curdles milk—we should all sing songs to God. Scripture is full of song, and our families should be as well. Truth be told, you are probably more of the problem with this than your kids. Young kids naturally sing all the time without any self-consciousness. Get over your hang-ups and desire for perfection and just sing together. My girls and I are making family songbooks as a creative project, and they’re stoked.</div><h2 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #777777; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.3em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">5. Keep it regular</h2><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">The sum is greater than the parts. You will have off days. You will miss days. You may even question your call to ministry. Whatever happens, just keep at it and God will make you equal to the task.</div><h2 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #777777; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.3em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">6. Older kids set the example</h2><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">If your oldest kid is not engaged, your younger ones will follow. Challenge your oldest children to set the example for their siblings. Give them a bit of ownership and a role in how you structure these times, and it will be a huge help.</div><h2 style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #777777; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.3em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">7. Limit TV</h2><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1em; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">I’m not saying kill your television completely, but there is no doubt in my mind that excessive TV rots the attention span. If your kids, or you for that matter, can’t pay attention to anything for more than two minutes, then think about what other entertainment might be captivating your senses.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-16142507308391175002010-06-27T08:31:00.000-06:002010-06-27T08:31:25.782-06:00119 - pt. 6<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Today is part 6 of <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">our</a> reading through Psalm 119. Read this portion of text and join <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">us</a> in praising our God for His Word! </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Psalm 119:41-48</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WAW</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let your steadfast love come to me, O LORD,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">your salvation according to your promise;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for I trust in your word.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for my hope is in your rules.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will keep your law continually,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">forever and ever,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and I shall walk in a wide place,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for I have sought your precepts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will also speak of your testimonies before kings</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and shall not be put to shame,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">for I find my delight in your commandments,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">which I love.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">which I love,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and I will meditate on your statutes.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-14237199423630612542010-06-13T06:39:00.002-06:002010-06-13T06:39:42.233-06:00119 - pt. 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For the past three weeks we have been reading a portion of Psalm 119 together as a <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">church</a>. This evening we will be reading verses 25-32 together. I've encouraged our people to be reading and meditating on the section of the Psalm for the week during the week. Care to join us prize the Word of God together?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TBTO_7Dkh_I/AAAAAAAACSM/R91QCe0jZgQ/s1600/750px-US_119.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/TBTO_7Dkh_I/AAAAAAAACSM/R91QCe0jZgQ/s200/750px-US_119.svg.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-variant: small-caps; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Psalm 119:25-32</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>DALETH</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My soul clings to the dust; </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">give me life according to your word!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I told of my ways, you answered me;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">teach me your statutes!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Make me understand the way of your precepts,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and I will meditate on your wondrous works.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My soul melts away for sorrow;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">strengthen me according to your word!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Put false ways far from me</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and graciously teach me your law!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have chosen the way of faithfulness;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I set your rules before me.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I cling to your testimonies, O Lord;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">let me not be put to shame!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will run in the way of your commandments</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">when you enlarge my heart! </span></span></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-12096910617124843652010-05-30T09:41:00.000-06:002010-05-30T09:41:15.256-06:00119 - pt. 2<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This evening <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">we</a> will be discussing honesty (or truth-telling) from Matthew 5:33-37. If you are a follower and learner of Christ then you must be marked by honesty. You must be one who resists lying to others. Your desire must be to tell the truth in all things. We could all work on this area, eh? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">God's Word, on the other hand is always true. Unlike His followers, every time He says "yes," He means yes. Every time He says "no," He means no. This evening <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">we</a> will continue our reading of the sections of Psalm 119. Read this section and you will see that God's Word is trustworthy - even when we are not.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Psalm 119:9-16</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">BETH</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">How can a young man keep his way pure?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">By guarding it according to your word.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With my whole heart I seek you;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">let me not wander from your commandments!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have stored up your word in my heart, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that I might not sin against you. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blessed are you, O LORD; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">teach me your statutes!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With my lips I declare </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">all the rules of your mouth.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the way of your testimonies I delight</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">as much as in all riches. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will meditate on your precepts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and fix my eyes on your ways.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will delight in your statutes; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will not forget your word.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-49502131655923672332010-05-25T08:43:00.002-06:002010-05-25T08:43:38.082-06:00119Last night at our weekly gathering we discussed Matthew 5:27-32. It's a passage that deals with adultery, lust and divorce. I know what you are thinking - "that's a great way to grow a new church!" I understand that discussing sticky issues is not the most appealing thing for visitors to a church - especially a new, small church. As much as I understand that, my conscience and my calling will not allow me to skip difficult passages. <br />
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Over the last five weeks we have been looking at Matthew 5-7 - commonly called "The Sermon on the Mount." The more we look at Jesus' words to his disciples on this mountain, the more I realize that Scripture is quite counter-cultural. If you are a follower of Jesus, though, you are called to be a student of this counter-cultural book. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/S_rB-nSzf2I/AAAAAAAACRo/hHcyM1-llaE/s1600/750px-US_119.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/S_rB-nSzf2I/AAAAAAAACRo/hHcyM1-llaE/s200/750px-US_119.svg.png" width="200" /></a></div>Last evening I encouraged people of <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">The Town</a> to begin reading Psalm 119. We read the first section (<i>ALEPH</i>) of Psalm 119 as we began our service last night. We plan to read one section every week so that we can join the psalmist in a deep love of the Word - God's Word to us. Wanna join <a href="http://www.thetownftc.org/">us</a>?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/S2nxeYz-lgI/AAAAAAAACMc/QD2Fm7yBEVE/s1600-h/logoagain.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="69" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/S2nxeYz-lgI/AAAAAAAACMc/QD2Fm7yBEVE/s320/logoagain.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-24493081526983341032009-12-05T16:14:00.003-07:002009-12-05T16:21:42.244-07:00All I want for Christmas<div>Our second son Asher has always been able to stop his falls with his front teeth. He's chipped them, loosened them and knocked them up into his gums. The dentist finally said it was time for them to go. A little goofy gas and some good dentistry...and they are gone. He's only 3 so it may be 3-4 years before he gets more teeth. We still love him. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/Sxrp_WPrdNI/AAAAAAAACLQ/VhTOuJEnyrg/s1600-h/100_2021-727310.JPG.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/Sxrp_WPrdNI/AAAAAAAACLQ/VhTOuJEnyrg/s400/100_2021-727310.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411895176751445202" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-87360751547014367702009-11-23T21:36:00.004-07:002009-11-23T21:58:30.376-07:00BookshelvesI finished constructing the bookshelves for my office this morning. They are floor to ceiling shelves. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SwtnlFTPt2I/AAAAAAAACLI/EJcu2sP0HQM/s1600/11.23.09.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SwtnlFTPt2I/AAAAAAAACLI/EJcu2sP0HQM/s400/11.23.09.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407529664364132194" /></a>I loaded them this evening. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SwtjHBi7myI/AAAAAAAACLA/Z-mdz4IigVU/s1600/100_1915.JPG"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SwtjHBi7myI/AAAAAAAACLA/Z-mdz4IigVU/s400/100_1915.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407524749913594658" /></a>Now...if I only knew how to read.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-641660249486015932009-11-23T12:44:00.003-07:002009-11-23T12:51:44.214-07:00I'm in love...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SwrnVyWSE8I/AAAAAAAACK4/_LEs_OhXL3w/s1600/110609122100+16-29-47.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SwrnVyWSE8I/AAAAAAAACK4/_LEs_OhXL3w/s400/110609122100+16-29-47.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407388664090203074" /></a>...with this woman. We celebrate 10 years of wedded bliss in January. I can honestly say that I love her so much more now than I did 10 years ago. She's a fabulous woman, wife, friend and mother. God has been good to me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-65835389518539541502009-11-22T16:02:00.002-07:002009-11-22T16:07:47.327-07:00Tribute on 11.22.09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SwnDWcJ8lbI/AAAAAAAACKw/RNgQGewiMd0/s1600/100_1900.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SwnDWcJ8lbI/AAAAAAAACKw/RNgQGewiMd0/s400/100_1900.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407067617917441458" /></a><div>I'm 22 days into a 120 day beard event called <a href="http://whiskerino.org/2009/beards/">Whiskerino</a>. The participants are not to shave for 120 days and post a picture every day. Today I posted a tribute picture of two very important men who died on this day in 1963. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-25757820730919071962009-09-05T16:55:00.000-06:002009-09-05T16:56:13.178-06:00Garden "Harvest"<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="400" height="220"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6447961&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6447961&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"></embed></object><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-57952274255248005032009-08-29T16:00:00.001-06:002009-08-29T16:02:05.939-06:00Ezra's 1st Soccer Game<object width="400" height="220"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6333606&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6333606&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="220"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-22620932726149232682009-08-16T18:41:00.004-06:002009-08-16T18:45:47.104-06:00Solomon Hosea Black<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SoinmxWXEOI/AAAAAAAACFM/M282FBB7DYk/s1600-h/all4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 357px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SoinmxWXEOI/AAAAAAAACFM/M282FBB7DYk/s400/all4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370726840163307746" /></a>Solomon Hosea Black was born at 4:39 AM on Saturday morning. Mom and baby are doing well and the big brothers are excited for the boy to come home...unless he cries a lot. <div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-24895818116906508552009-07-31T10:15:00.003-06:002009-07-31T10:19:26.838-06:00Lesson Learned<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/A6Ian6oV5RQ&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/A6Ian6oV5RQ&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-66565485918519112002009-07-27T09:41:00.002-06:002009-07-27T09:44:44.864-06:00Name recommendations?Greetings Kids! Many of you know that we have a baby coming any time in the next month. We know that the baby will be a boy. We are looking to you all for name recommendations. We don't know what to name this child...so please help us! <div><br /></div><div>Submit your name recommendation to us in the comments section.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*We have a name picked out. Your recommendation is for your own satisfaction. Thanks for playing.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-14787416697654891502009-07-17T08:40:00.005-06:002009-07-17T08:56:27.965-06:00Young@Heart<p align="center"><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-3uOOhm8Fj8&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-3uOOhm8Fj8&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SmCQs-dSu5I/AAAAAAAACDE/DVGPqYh5ARY/s1600-h/yah.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359442658925394834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SmCQs-dSu5I/AAAAAAAACDE/DVGPqYh5ARY/s200/yah.jpg" border="0" /></a>Last night we watched the documentary Young @ Heart. I'd recommend it. <a id="play-preview-btn" title="Play Preview" href="javascript:void(0)"></a>Coldplay, the Clash and Jimi Hendrix will never sound the same once you've heard the Young@Heart chorus, a group of Massachusetts senior citizens who thrill audiences worldwide with their unusual -- and unusually poignant -- covers of rock songs. Stephen Walker's humane and heartwarming documentary follows the elderly ensemble as they prepare their new show.<br /><br />Check out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ4SIe5rVUM">THIS VIDEO </a>from one of the performances. Fred Knittle, the man who sings the song in this video, died in January of this year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-8461665646295842702009-06-17T18:57:00.003-06:002009-06-17T19:01:25.175-06:00Trip to FTC...good.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SjmRbjzkeEI/AAAAAAAACA0/MSR5lRPtPwY/s1600-h/asher.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_btD0l1WJ4C4/SjmRbjzkeEI/AAAAAAAACA0/MSR5lRPtPwY/s400/asher.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348465935133210690" /></a>Kirsten has been keeping up with pictures on <a href="http://www.familyofblacks.com/blog.htm">her blog</a>. Check out pictures there...if you are interested.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-89922980614421404502009-05-27T09:05:00.000-06:002009-05-27T09:06:17.992-06:00This is what student loans are all about...<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LLByTnNwico&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LLByTnNwico&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12601677.post-76115471764059695162009-05-23T17:08:00.003-06:002009-05-23T17:46:47.236-06:00Riding a bike with St. John<object width="450" height="248"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4804439&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4804439&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="450" height="248"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/4804439">Riding a bike with St. John</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1800036">Family of Blacks</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0