Today I taught students how to tell the difference between a plant cell and an animal cell. while they thought it was mildly interesting to look at their cheek cells i got the feeling they didn’t really get to a point of awe… I really desire my students to see science as a way to [...]

somedays i feel behind before i begin and then that intial feeling of defeat defines my day. it is as though i don’t even try to fight it. My heart hurts, my mind is tired, and my body begins to physically ache. God sends me signs of his love he even offers to carry my [...]

I am so very proud of my dear Autumn, who has chosen not to go to go to college this fall with her friends but to serve with YWAM for six months. I had the chance to sit with her Autumn and talk with her about her heart and nerves about this great adventure. I [...]

i am sitting in Fido, next to two men, well actually a boy and a man. They are busy discussing the boy’s desire for a future music carreer. He wants to be a christian artist, without being a christian artist. the boy wants to express his faith with out being “outed” by his audience. how [...]

i am convinced that the power of prayer is not so much in the swaying of God’s heart to our cause as it is in the aligning of our focus and efforts with God’s heart. God knows the promises he has made to us, and he is forever remembering us. There is nothing that comes [...]

I have the amazing privilege of working in ROME, GA this week with FBC Augusta, GA  youth camp 2010! This is my second time with the group for a summer camp. I was so impressed my first year to watch how well the leaders loved the students and how much they desired their Growth no [...]

Its scientific name is Eucalyptus deglupta, but it’s also known as Rainbow Eucalyptus, Rainbow Gum, or Mindanao Gum. I see it as one of the many ways God reminds his children (us) that His creativity is beyond our imagination or understanding! For God desires to wow us, simply by being him.
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earlier this week a friend and i decided to spend a few hours kayaking on the Chicago River, yep the river that runs through the city and the river that they dye green for St. Patty’s day (and the one that remains green for weeks after). it was a beautiful day and for the most [...]

I guess I should be writing about a BBQ or some celebration I attended but that is not what this weekend was really about. My close friends laugh at me when Lee Greenwood’s : God Bless the USA begins to play, because no matter what time of year it is I begin to cry. I [...]