This summer our daughter Mannah will be joining a globalX team in San Salvador, El Salvador. If you would like to learn more about her trip or donate to help support her fundraising efforts please click HERE.
globalX is North Point Ministries’ international division. Their mission is to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ by serving the international community.
They believe when people engage in service, it leads to life change. So they created globalX trips, opportunities for people to serve together in various locations around the world. Their belief is that as people chose to serve, whether in one of their churches, in the local community, or around the world, the impact of that service will change lives—for those serving, for the people they serve, and even for those that see them choosing to give their time to help someone else.
I am an extremely busy father of 5 and taking the time to write a post on a Bible app is not something I ever thought I would find myself doing…yet here I am, excited to write this post. Why? I have been a Christian for many years now but up until recently I had never read the entire Bible “cover to cover.” I tried many times throughout the last 20+ years but never made it more than a few chapters before I got distracted with something else and lost sight of my goal. Continue reading YouVersion – Best Bible App→
Well, we just fasted dinner and everyone is still alive ?
Below are some pictures from our “meal”. We called the kids up for “dinner” tonight and sitting on the table were dishes filled with money representing the money we usually spend on dinner. Continue reading Live58.org Global Fast: Money for dinner!→
Friends,
Please consider joining me and others around the world in the Live58.org Global Fast on January 25th. This is a monthly event to help raise money to support organizations that may be able to eliminate extreme global poverty in our life time…if enough of us take action! Hope you will join the global church in this effort!
Blessings, Anthony
PS – Right now they are focusing on mosquito nets for Thailand but you may be reading this months after I write this so click on the link above and see how you can help now.
I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted to this blog but my wife sent me this YouTube video regarding “Teenage Affluenza” and I thought it was worth sharing.
I find the video especially concerning since I have five kids, one of which is already a teenager and another that will be later this year (that and we have heated seats in our van…not a good sign). I am stuck in that position of wanting to bless my kids with a “good life” but simultaneously not wanting to promote “teenage affluenza”. What’s a dad to do? Continue reading Teenage Affluenza→
I realized while I was traveling for business this week and thinking about my family that my kids have fallen for a common trap that frequently derails people from their best future. The phrase I frequently hear lately is “Not bad”. Let me give you some examples of not bad versus good,
Why can’t we listen to that song…it’s “Not Bad“!
or
Why can’t we watch that movie..its “Not Bad“!
The problem with “Not Bad” is that it is not the same as “Good” Continue reading Lesson 006 – “Not Bad” versus “Good”→
This weeks life lesson comes from page 27 of the book “10-Minute Life Lessons for Kids”.
This lesson is basically a lesson in “what is really important”. According to the author, it will “help you talk with your family about establishing priorities with your time, your focus, and your finances. It will also help you discuss making wise choices and creating balance in life.” Continue reading Lesson 004 – Bare Necessities→
Today’s lesson is in response to me witnessing how many interruptions my wife currently tolerates during a typical day of homeschool. I don’t know how she keeps from going crazy and based on a book I read this week I think there might be a better way.
We have officially started up “Shabbat” or the Sabbath (our day of rest). Our family refers to it as Shabbat which is the Jewish word for “rest” or “cessation”. I will probably do a “Life Lesson” on Shabbat but I have decided to focus on some memory verses/quotes regarding pleasant words for this week. Below is a list of verses that have to do with kind words or pleasant words. I am going to discuss the importance of pleasant words, review these verses and then assign one verse to each person in the family to memorize and repeat at the next Shabbat: Continue reading Lesson 002 – Pleasant Words→
