When Celebration and Sadness Collide
As many of you know, Chris and I are welcoming a new bundle of joy into our family very soon. We are so excited, and the kids are overjoyed to have a little brother! We have had so many fun conversations about what it will be like to have a baby around for them. They […]
Contentment=live for Him today
“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Philippians […]
Stop looking for the finish line… Just run!
Let me start by offering a truth: I’m not a runner. In fact, my knees creak and crack so much that I have embarrassed my dear wife when I sit down in church because people around us look for the origin of the loud crunching sound. Ashley, however does not miss the chance to join […]
The book’s not finished…
A chapter is ending but the book’s not finished. It has been one week. One week since I moved back to the states from the beautiful country of Honduras. It had been something anticipated and known, but that really doesn’t make it any easier. Saying goodbye is never easy especially when those people have made […]
Healing Is a Process
I know we have talked so many times how when the Sparrow Academy started, we were not by any means sure of what this meant but we knew that God was preparing us to expand our mission in the kid’s spiritual and educational walks. You have heard all the good stories about the kids’ development […]
Daily Miracles
“Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.” – C.S. Lewis Most days, by the time we get the kids to bed around 8 in the evening, I am absolutely dragging. We wake up at […]
March Madness.
So we’re just coming through that time of year for all us basketball fans right? Born and raised in Kentucky and a graduate of the University of Kentucky myself, this time of year is always full of both excitement and disappointment as a fan of the game. However, this year, the term “March Madness” […]
Pray. Encourage. Give.
The book of Philippians is one of my favorite books of the Bible. It gives us so many great truths about the work of Christ, and how we are to live as those in Christ! One of the other great things about Philippians is we see the framework of what it meant to be a […]
Precious in His eyes
You matter. You belong. You are valuable. You are loved. You are wanted. How often do we want to hear those words? How often do we crave even the smallest encouragement that tells us we matter? I think everyone at some point can relate to that in some way, that wanting to be seen and […]
Resurrection At Work
Meet Adam. That’s not really his name, but for the sake of this blog and his privacy, it is today. I met Adam about 10 months ago when he first arrived at the children’s home Senderos de Amor. Adam was attempting to cross the U.S. – Mexico border for the 2nd time in his life […]