Grant and Fern Brown

Posted by on 11.3.07 in Personal, Travel

Tonight we are staying with Grant and Fern Brown at their home in Medford, Wisconsin. For the record, Medford is a beautiful little town in north central Wisconsin, about six hours north of Chicago. To get here we drove from Chicago to Rockford to Madison to Stevens Point to Wassau where you head west until you hit Highway …

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Happy Birthday, Josh!

Posted by on 11.2.07 in Personal

Just before we left Tupelo yesterday, I remembered that today is Josh’s birthday. At the moment he and Leah are in China serving as team leaders and English teachers at a Chinese university. And this week his team is visiting another English teaching program in a different province.So with Marlene’s help, I dug …

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The Last Big Push of the Year

Posted by on 11.1.07 in Personal, Travel

This morning Marlene and I are driving to Chicago to begin our last major trip of the year. On Friday night we have a Keep Believing board meeting in Chicago, then we drive to Westboro, Wisconsin where I’m speaking on Sunday morning at Woodland Community Church and then taking part in Pastor Grant Brown’s ordina …

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A Blurry-eyed, Foggy-headed Itch Mite—That’s Me

Posted by on 10.22.07 in Personal, Travel

10:39 AM Albany (NY) AirportIt’s Monday morning and we’re on our way home to Tupelo after a fantastic couples conference at Word of Life. Marlene and I were both nervous going into it—no, that’s not true—I was nervous, she wasn’t, she told me it would go fine, and it did. As we were preparing, it o …

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Love and Respect

Posted by on 10.20.07 in Books, Marriage and the Family, Personal

When Marlene spoke to the women tonight, she recommended Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs. Turns out that several of the women at the conference have read it also. We started reading it the other day, and I can offer my opinion very simply.It’s the best book on marriage I’ve ever read. Period. No exceptions …

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The Newlywed Game

Posted by on 10.19.07 in Personal, Preaching, Travel

I am writing this note from our room at Word of Life Inn in Schroon Lake, New York. Marlene and I arrived this afternoon after two bumpy flights from Tupelo to Atlanta to Albany. On the drive to the Inn we noted the spectacular fall colors—brown, burnt orange, rust, red, maroon, yellow, cinnamon—covering the trees on both …

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Ten Things I Need to Do Today

Posted by on 10.18.07 in Personal

1) Read the paper. DONE.2) Ride my bike. DONE.3) Call Nick. DONE.4) Unpack from our Reno trip. DONE.5) Repack for our trip to New York tomorrow. DONE.6) Ask Mark if he will come over and help us rip out the carpet and move the furniture from the living room so it will be ready when the tile guys come on Tuesday. Mark is com …

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Four Dogs In Our Living Room

Posted by on 10.12.07 in Dudley, Personal

A few minutes ago there were four dogs in our living room. It all started last night when Mark mentioned casually that Nick was driving over from Birmingham with Brad so they could go to the Ole Miss-Alabama game in Oxford tomorrow. “I think they’re coming over tonight,” Mark said. Of course we didn’t know anyth …

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Note to Emailers and My Facebook Friends

Posted by on 9.27.07 in Personal, Travel

Somewhere east of BangkokIn the Rain forestHot and Muggy—Unbelievably hot and muggy and stickyStill having a wonderful time in Thailand . . . Feel like we’ve come to the front lines of the Christian movement . . . Such a privilege to speak to these servants of the Lord who have just incredible zeal . . . Most are und …

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Happy Birthday, Nick!

Posted by on 9.24.07 in Personal

Happy Birthday, Nick!

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