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Talk about a long Sunday!!! It always seems like Christmas time is full of activity. Our life here is no different. I was talking with a seminary student the other day and said to him that Christmastime should be a time of activity...we are celebrating the arrival of...

Tonight was the seminary Christmas dinner/party. It just so happens that when we went to Texas for Thanksgiving, we picked up some gifts for the children of the seminary students and brought them back. Tonight, Russell and Annette Herrington handed out the gifts to...

Tonight we went to the Torbert's house with the Dix family and had "Christmas Dinner." There was ham, roasted chicken, sweet potatoes, hash brown casserole, and lots of other good food. It is really great that God has provided us with a family away from home to share...

On the personal side of things, we'd like to ask you to pray for the following requests:Robert, Janell's step-dad, came home early from work today with stroke like symptoms. They took him to the emergency room, and the tests came back saying it wasn't a stroke. We're...

Tomorrow in Youth Culture class, we're going to watch the movie, A Walk to Remember, starring Mandy Moore. The movie has many scenes with topics about what we have discussed in class, including positions in society, attitudes of the church towards the culture, and...

Yesterday, I had a 6 hour faculty meeting at the seminary. I love working at the seminary, training in a formal setting, but I'm not a huge fan of meetings. We talked about a lot of stuff, not a lot of which had much to do with the youth ministry department. Oh well....

Us at Furr's with the Torbert and Dix families on Thanksgiving Day.

We drove 12 hours yesterday to McAllen, Texas, for Thanksgiving. We are here with our friends, the Dix family and the Torbert family. We had a crazy day today, fighting crowds in the stores and shopping for Christmas. It's good to be here with them, taking some time...

We spent the last week entertaining and ministering with a group of youth pastors and youth leaders who are working with the International Center for Youth Ministry at Southern Seminary located in Louisville, Kentucky. We were blessed to have them here with us. Here's...