Jill and I went to the doctor on Wednesday and he told us WE'RE HAVING A BOY!!! Can you tell that we're excited! The baby was flipping around and squirming so much that the doctor could not even get a clear picture. Everyone was blurred. (That's my boy ( Read more... )

Okay, everyone who has been laughing and calling me names!! I haven't been joking when I said that I've been experiencing morning sickness. This was on the front page of the BabyCenter website and its official ( Read more... )

We got to the airport in Huntsville to find our flight had been cancelled. They quickly rerouted us onto 3 different flights. Jill and I went to Dallas and then to Miami. Other team members went all over the country. We ended up all meeting in Miami. Jill and I spen 3 hours in the Miami Airport. The rest of the team got there literally ( Read more... )

In the entry dated May 8th, I related a new way that I had learned to journal and study the Bible. This past weekend, I went to Annual Conference. Jill had to leave on Friday afternoon in order to go to Mississippi for a family reunion and I went back to the hotel. I had not had the opportunity to do my daily Bible reading and journaling and so I ( Read more... )

Rumors have been a flying about me being appointed to a new church start in our conference. It's not official but I feel that I can at least help put some of the rumors to rest in that it has been announced on the official North Alabama Web Site with this disclaimer:"Tentative Clergy Appointment Changes 2007 ( Read more... )

Poem by Ken Keith ( Read more... )

I have often had people tell me that it was very non-productive to just grab a Bible and start reading. It is often told to me that it is "boring" to do that. I understand and have felt the same way. However, I believe the Bible is the word of God and it has all the answers to every question that we may ever have. Thus, it deserves our study. So, ( Read more... )

I once had a chemistry professor (Dr. McKnight) at Hinds Community College who told all his classes upon their first meeting the following statement or something pretty close to it, "In chemistry, it is very easy to get bogged down, confused, overwhelmed and discouraged. When you feel yourself getting to this point, go back to the simplest most ( Read more... )

The average American spends 7.9 hours each day sleeping, 5.5 hours working, 2.3 hours watching TV, 1 hour eating, 49 minutes washing and grooming, 47 minutes visiting by phone and in person, 10 minutes relaxing and thinking, and 7 minutes on religious practice. (Source, University of Maryland study reported in Jan 2006 Money Magazine ( Read more... )

To all my friends who post on Livejournal, please allow me a moment to offer some very good advice. Be very careful what you post on Livejournal...especially those things that you do not restrict. My advice is don't put anything on there that you wouldn't want the whole world to read. I would also be extremely careful about the comments posted ( Read more... )