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  • Day Five: Exploding Gas Can

    Day 5, Saturday, was not without its adventure. Or should I say, misadventure. When I was taking a break from working on my sermon, I worked in the yard. It actually helps me to think through what I’m trying to preach, and brings some clarity. Out to work. Saturday’s goal… Listen ⇢

    Day Five: Exploding Gas Can

  • Tonsie, Tonsie, Tonsie!

    One of the things about my job as a teacher at Waco High School that I really love, is that I get to keep the same students for their entire time they are in high school. This means I really get to know them, watch them grow and learn. And… Listen ⇢

    Tonsie, Tonsie, Tonsie!

  • Day Four: Sermonizing on Prayer

    This morning (Friday)  I decided I would spend most of the day working on my sermon for Sunday. This meant that I would also be praying a lot, since the sermon is on prayer. Reading about prayer always inspires me to pray more than usual. I noticed this truth years… Listen ⇢

    Day Four: Sermonizing on Prayer

  • Day Three: Lots of Yard Work

    Today (Thursday) was perfect for yard work. The temperature in the morning was in the mid 70s, and it was overcast. So the sun was prevented from beating down on me as I worked. I went immediately to work on the front flower bed. Since I hadn’t worked on it… Listen ⇢

    Day Three: Lots of Yard Work

  • Day Two: Summer Vacation!

    Coffee, breakfast and eventually a dash out the door is how today got started. I was hoping to take it easy since the rains came again. But alas, I remembered something I had to do. Our church, Waco Reformed Church, has been meeting in my living room for about three… Listen ⇢

    Day Two: Summer Vacation!

  • Proud Father Alert: My Youngest Graduates

    My youngest son, Joseph, graduated on Saturday. I am proud of him, and as I told him, not just because he graduated from high school, but because he has really grown in maturity over his 18 years, and taken responsibility for life. He not only graduated from high school, but… Listen ⇢

    Proud Father Alert: My Youngest Graduates

  • Day One: Summer Vacation

    Today got off to a much better start than yesterday did, which is good, because today is the actual first day of summer vacation. There are roughly 60 days to go before returning to the grind of teaching full-time. But enough of that negative talk. Today began grandly: coffee in… Listen ⇢

    Day One: Summer Vacation

  • Day Zero: Summer Vacation

    Who knows if I will keep this up throughout the summer, but here goes. Day Zero. Why Zero? Because it’s actually Memorial Day. Had school still been in session, we would have had the day off regardless. So Day 1 is tomorrow. Day Zero started rather slowly as every Monday… Listen ⇢

    Day Zero: Summer Vacation

  • The First Day of the Week — Easter Sermon

    Summary of the Sermon The sermon, rooted in John 20:1, explores the significance of Jesus’ resurrection on the first day of the week as the inauguration of the new heavens and earth, marking the end of the Old Covenant and the establishment of the New Covenant. It emphasizes that the… Listen ⇢

    The First Day of the Week — Easter Sermon