18. The number of years in a row that I’ve attend the Busch Braggin’ Rights game with Missouri vs Illinois in basketball at St. Louis. We have lower level tickets for tonight’s game. But this year is special. This will be the first year that my son, Ethan will be able to participate (not in the arena, but dressed up [...]

In January, a mission team from The Rock church at the University of Missouri will be taking 14 suitcases of donated shoes and school supplies to children in Choluteca, Honduras. Choluteca is a city of 100,00 people. Honduras is considered in the top 5 poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, so there is a tremendous need there. In years past, [...]

Still processing today. And I’m a little emotional and overwhelmed with the love for my son. We had an appointment today with a pediatric cardiologist for what our local doctor thought was a heart murmur. (General term for a heart defect) Today Ethan was strong. Thru a couple tests, wires hooked up on him all over and waiting for the [...]

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Last week my MacCase Backpack busted at the zipper. I thought I was out of luck, because I’ve had the bag for over 18 months. I looked online and saw that they had a Lifetime Warranty on all MacCase products. I snapped a couple photos of my broken zipper and emailed to MacCase with my mailing address, and within 4 [...]

For The Fields Church in December, we are doing three different stage/environment designs. Because of this I have to make each one adapt to the other. I didn’t want to have to do three completely different designs. This is our design for our sermon series titled Christmas Chaos. Because of our low budget, I did everything for under $100. How [...]

Graphic for our Christmas series at The Fields Church. Week 1: Spiritual Chaos Week 2: Calendar Chaos Week 3: Candlelight Service “Peace is Here” Borrowed idea from The Ridge Community Church

I only religiously watch a couple tv shows. The Office, Late Night and 24. But nothing compares to the tv crack called 24. Jack is Back. What tv show can you not live without?

Sunday night we kicked off our new series for Christmas titled Tis The Season. All during the week, I was going decorate the room with this really cool winter scene. That way when the students walked in on Sunday night, they would be able to experience a “winter wonderland.” Then I had the thought (not a new one at all). [...]