Continuing our leadership by generalship—let’s stick with Stonewall Jackson. Bar none, my favorite line from this guy came when he was calmly strolling the front-lines while enemy fire was pounding them from all directions. Apparently, one of his subordinates was coming apart at the seams and shouted out to him, “How can […]
READ MOREAny serious study of the civil war will quickly turn up the importance of faith in so many of the men’s lives. And you don’t have to dig very deep to see who had the strongest faith of them all. It was Stonewall Jackson. There were so many fascinating characters who had important […]
READ MORENo, I wasn’t actually missing as some might have thought from my sketchy blogging of late—but I was on the down low. Read here to see what I have been up to. But, I have access to wireless for a few minutes here so I thought I would say another huge, THANK YOU to […]
READ MOREMy little girl wasn’t feeling well yesterday at Camp Lurecrest so, guess what? It was ‘off to camp’ for daddy under cover of night. My assignment was to extract the compromised little camper ( who had been quarenteened in the infirmery for 6 hours already) without her older brother (secret agent ‘interference’) discovering the midnight […]
READ MOREWow! You’ve heard me say that a picture is worth a thousand words? Well, not in this case. I will show you some pictures from Southbrook Weddington’s VBS, but it will still fall woefully short of “being there.” Solution? Be there! Parents, grab every other parent in the neighborhood and make sure they […]
READ MOREThe past weekend will be forever etched in my memory as my son and I embarked on a three day journey to retrace the steps of some of the bravest men in our nation’s history. We went with a group called, “Lead with Character” – a Christian organization that seeks to both, tell the […]
READ MORE#1 Call frequent meetings to see if everyone approves of the vision God gave you. #2 Vote on whether or not we should allow the vision to be hijacked by anyone and everyone who has a differnt idea. #3 Personally respond to every criticism you receive — especially the ones that come from those you […]
READ MOREWhat’s good about “canned chat?” It’s safe It’s short It gets boring after a while What’s bad about “canned chat?” It’s safe It’s short It gets boring after a while These things are all well and good when they protect a child from internet predators and encourage the kids to move […]
READ MOREThe other day Nathan convinced me to let him play this online battle game with a few of his friends from school. Honestly, it looked pretty cool—with wizards and orcs and elves and stuff—kind of a Lord of the Rings motif. But when one of his friends would not admit defeat, I asked Nathan […]
READ MORETonight kicked off VBS at our Monroe Campus with a BANG!  Southbrook Weddington will have theirs next week. Twice as many kids showed up as last year (when we had VBS as a pre-launch event) and this promises to be an awesome week for the kids of Monroe!  They say a picture’s worth […]
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