I enjoyed being an invited speaker at one of the celebration services of the 200th anniversary of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Raleigh. This is the church my family was a part of while I was in high school. At that time I sensed God’s desire for me to minister through preaching and teaching. Fortunately, [...]

We are finally back from a week of vacation at the beach and another week out of town. I am posting a few sunset pictures from Hilton Head to mark the end of summer! Classes at Appalachian State and in the homeschool teaching cooperative start up this week. At ASU I am teaching two sections [...]

We enjoyed a visit with my mom and dad recently. They came and camped at the local KOA. You can view the rest of the album HERE. Here is a picture of Samantha, three weeks old, chatting with Caleb and Nathaniel.

Hannah turned six on July 4th. She is a delightful little girl with an extra portion of charm. Here is a picture of Hannah holding her new baby sister, Samantha.

We had a nice Father’s Day at our house yesterday. We started off the festivities with a game of Wiffle Ball (me against the three oldest) and then capture the flag (we made up our own every-man-for-himself version). Then we sat on the front porch and enjoyed a glass of iced tea. Then we fired [...]

Here are some pictures of Samantha’s first day. OK, now I saved the most hilarious picture for last. This was an unbelievable fluke shot–she’s not really smiling yet, of course. We have got a lot of laughs out of it. Maybe Samantha forgot, just for a millimoment, that she was supposed to act like a [...]

We are grateful to the Lord for answering many prayer in the safe birth of Samantha. She was born at one this morning, June 16; she was 8lb 14oz and 20” long. The main part of labor went beautifully (Dana is amazing!). But when it came to the end, Samantha’s head was turned sideways and [...]

Happy Anniversary to Dana and me! I am so grateful to have a faithful, capable, beautiful, motherly, homemaking, hospitable, organized, loving, ministry-partnering, good-cooking wife.

I wrote the following article for the Greenhouse Report, the newsletter for the North Carolinians for Home Education. Six years ago, my wife Dana and I wandered around the Convention Center in wide-eyed amazement. It was our first NCHE Conference ever and we had never seen so many homeschooling people, philosophies, books, and curriculum. That [...]

We finished building our movable chicken coop yesterday. It is made out of PVC pipe, a little re-bar, some wood reinforcement, chicken-wire, and a tarp. It houses up to around 25 chickens and is light weight so that it can be moved each day. So in addition to their feed, they get fresh grass and [...]