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And there’s the question…

And there’s the question…

What’s the point of life when it doesn’t make sense, when God blocks all the roads to meaning? Job 3:23 MSG – YouVersion.com: Online Bible. And there’s the question. “What is the point of life when it doesn’t make sense, when God blocks all the roads to meaning?” This is what Job asks in the [...]

A New Christmas Tradition – Christmas Closet Cleanout

A New Christmas Tradition – Christmas Closet Cleanout

Like many people, we have our Christmas traditions. When and where we do Santa pictures, getting together with family, milk and cookies for Santa that came from Bill Rhodes Bakery, where my wife works. I’m sure you get the idea and can think of plenty of your own. We wanted to make sure that we really instilled in our boys a sense of what Christmas should really be about, so last year we started the Christmas Closet Cleanout.

Christmas – Worst Time To Get Sick

Christmas – Worst Time To Get Sick

So, for a kid, what is the worst time of the year to get sick? Yep. Christmastime. My oldest, Neal, apparently has strep. Fun. NOT!! Poor guy. I hate it for him since he has been “practicing” every Sunday to play bells tomorrow, Christmas Eve, at the Gwinnett Arena for our church’s epic Christmas Eve [...]

Matt Chandler – Thanks for the encouragement

Matt Chandler – Thanks for the encouragement

Matt Chandler is a 35 year old husband, father and pastor of The Village Church in a Dallas, Texas suburb. On Thanksgiving, Matt had a seizure in his home and woke up in the hospital. Doctor’s discovered the source of the seizure was a tumor in his brain. He had surgery this past weekend and [...]

One Handsome Boy

One Handsome Boy

Neal-2009-School-Pic, originally uploaded by w_kevin_gilbert. I can’t tell you how proud I am, as a dad, of my son Neal. I’m proud of both Neal and Eli, but with this picture, I’m especially happy. Neal isn’t the most cooperative when it comes to smiling for the camera. When I saw this today, I just got [...]

Who I Am

The text in the heading pretty much sums this up. But if you’re here on the post page and you can’t see the home page, here you go. I’m a husband to Stephanie, a dad to Neal and Eli, and the son of Walter and Jannie. I am co-owner of Digital Design Solutions, an Atlanta, [...]