Epic Road Trip 2012: Day 4

We drove into Amish Country today, but our first stop was  Ephrata Cloister. It was fascinating. Begun the year George Washington was born, some of the buildings still contain the original "bones" and many original details. It was so interesting to hear about the founder and how he came to this spot, which was then the very edge of the frontier, to live alone and pursue his relationship with the Lord.


Read the rest at the Antbed, here. 

Epic Road Trip 2012: Day 3

Today, we slept in a little later. It was needed. We left Louisville after finally deciding which route we would take into Pennsylvania. After talking to two young ladies at the hotel about our choices, we decided the southern route through Kentucky was the one for us. It was a gorgeous drive.


Find up where we ended up on Day 3 here.

Epic Road Trip 2012: Day 2

The day began in Norman, Oklahoma. We left the hotel at 7 and headed northeast. This was to be our longest day of driving.


The rest of our journey is over at the new Antbed.

Epic Road Trip 2012: Day 1

Day 1 is just a warm up, we only drove 430 miles. We left home around 2 and drove to Abilene to pick Caleb up.


Continued at the new Antbed.

Worship: A Link-Up in "Pages in Our Heritage of Faith"

This kids are just stirring, and I realize it is Friday! We’ve been on the road so much lately, I’m having difficulty keeping up with what day of the week it is, and what was my name?

As we were driving along somewhere yesterday, we had listened to many chapters of Ben Hur on the ipod and we decided to listen to something else. Caleb wanted to choose one of his favorite artists: Phil Whickam. Good choice. It amazes me, though I guess it shouldn’t, how our Lord can draw us into worship whenever and wherever He chooses.

The rest is here, at the new blog.

Confession, Evidence of the Holy Spirit's Work: A Link-Up in "Pages in Our Heritage of Faith"

The four youngest and I are reading through the Bible this year. It’s their first time and the faithfulness seen in their commitment each day is a blessing to my heart. They ask me what they are to read each day.  Guess Who reminds them?

Today’s reading was one of my very, very favorite sections of Scripture: Elijah atop Mt. Carmel, standing alone for Truth.

Joshua turns 15 this week. His response to the reading was interesting. It came in two parts.

Read the rest here. 

Epic Road Trip 2012

It's in our blood. We feel the need to explore. 


It's been 4 years since the last Epic Road Trip! 


If we don't go, we may explode! 


To prevent such a catastrophe, the process of planning another Epic Road Trip has begun. This one differs significantly from previous versions in these major categories:

"Worry Does Not Empty Tomorrow of its Sorrow"

This picture was taken in the Caribbean this year when we took our family trip. It was such a precious week for all of us to be together. Kregg's dad, Audie, didn't know at that time that he would be facing another stem cell transplant the second of July to treat his cancer. We are praying for healing. We are greedy for more time with him. The Lord knows the desire of our hearts and we know He loves Audie even more than we do. Peace is our birthright as His children, and so we stand in Him.

If you would like to download this file, here is the Dropbox link.

Praying for Fathers

Broken hearts spill out pain.

The gaping father-shaped-hole in the hearts of so many suck the life out of life.

There's this deep-seated ache that simply refuses to go away or be ignored.

The number is seemingly endless: those who bear the scars inflicted by their father.

Those scars that resulted from overt actions and passive negligence.

Wave after wave of pain wells up as another shares their burden.

And the fallout continues.

The brokenness that produced these scars rolls forward, leaving more brokenness in its wake.

It multiplies and rolls forward, unhealed, resulting in cancerous wounds that metastasize and spread again.

The sins of the fathers . . .

The rest is here.

A Precious Father's Day Tradition: A Link-Up in "Pages in Our Heritage of Faith"

We have a tradition in our family that was started by Hannah, our oldest. I’ve spoken about it before, but it’s time to revisit it for Father’s Day this year.

This is how it began:

The year Hannah turned 14 years old, she gave her daddy a very precious gift. She had thought it all out and had it completely planned. She asked me to drive her to a special little jewelry store where she could purchase a special little charm.

Read the rest here . . .