My confused Calvinist friend “Red Cleric” over at Theological Edge tagged me to fill out this survey. I’m sure he believes I was predestined to do it so I don’t want to disappoint.
1.) What first tells you that Summer is here?
Now that I’m in Mississippi, I can tell Summer has started because my [...]
May 30, 2008
Categories: Christianity, Mississippi, Portland . Tags: books, Calvinist, customs, habits, Hume Lake Christian Camp, Kings Canyon National Park, Max Turner, memories, predestined, Sequoia National Forest, smells, Spurgeon, Summer, survey . Author: soundslikelife . Comments: 2 Comments
Yesterday (Sunday May 25), our blog went over 5,000 visits. We’ve been posting since 08/04/07; so just about 10 months. Who in the world thought that by this time we would be ranked 33,345,890th on the world wide web. I think by the year 2050 we can move up 10million spots.
Thanks for visiting.
Everybody do the [...]
May 26, 2008
Categories: blogging . Tags: 5 thousand, blog, celebration, post, robot dance, visits, world wide web . Author: soundslikelife . Comments: Leave a Comment
My sister April was voted Mississippi Sunshine teacher of the year. She is deserving of this great honor.
from the Leake Tech May newsletter: “April Bell, BCT Instructor at Leake Tech,
was selected by Bumpers Drive-In and WLBT as the 2008 Sunshine Teacher of the Year. On May 5, 2008, Mrs. Bell was surprised in her classroom [...]
May 21, 2008
Categories: Family . Tags: April Bell, Leake Tech, Mississippi, school, Sunshine, teacher of the year, WLBT . Author: soundslikelife . Comments: Leave a Comment
The Gary Permenter visited Stebastopol this past week and spoke to our Wednesday night group while I met with our youth. By day, Gary travels around proclaiming the gospel and exposing the truths of the Bible to poor, harassed souls. By night, he is better known as Dr. P., an infamous henchman in the Gang [...]
May 19, 2008
Categories: Christianity, Gospel, Sebastopol, Sebastopol Baptist Church . Tags: Bible, Dr. P., Gary Permenter, Gospel, the Gang of 4, truth, Wednesday . Author: soundslikelife . Comments: Leave a Comment
Obesity causes all the world’s problems.
Glad we figured out the world’s problems. Now let’s eat.
May 16, 2008
Categories: funny, news . Tags: BBC, eat, ills, obese, problems, world . Author: soundslikelife . Comments: 1 Comment
Cork, Trey, and Shelby keeping it real on the swings.
Bike time. Check out Shelby’s classic “made for the camera” smile.
Eating fried pickles at Lee’s Steak House.
Porch swinging: A universal Southern pass-time.
May 15, 2008
Categories: Family, Mississippi . Tags: bikes, fried pickles, Lee's Steak House, Mississippi, Sebastopol, swing . Author: soundslikelife . Comments: 1 Comment
I wanted to share some pics of Cork and Sue’s stay with us.
Pastor Cork with Pastor J.
Sue and me looking out from the balcony of the sanctuary pondering life’s complexities.
The big kid playing with the little kids.
Sue hanging in downtown Sebastopol with Trey and Shelby.
May 12, 2008
Categories: Family . Tags: Cork, kids, Mississippi, pastor, Sebastopol, Sue . Author: soundslikelife . Comments: 1 Comment
Cork and Sue (Cork was the pastor in Portland that I worked with for 7 yrs and Sue is his wife) made the long journey from Portland, OR all the way to Sebastopol, MS in our new minivan. They said it drove like a pro and averaged about 27 mpg all the way down. That’s [...]
May 7, 2008
Categories: Mississippi, New Life, Portland . Tags: Cork, Erickson, MS, Oregon, Portland, road trip, Sebastopol, Sue . Author: soundslikelife . Comments: Leave a Comment
