Our church supports this great ministry in Joplin. They help hundreds of (often young) mothers in the clinic and thousands of students through school assemblies and classes. The missions and multisite team had a couple of tables, so we got to go hang out as a team. I was Mark’s “date” for the evening because […]
SANY0303 Originally uploaded by dalestine I am trying to get an easy way to get pictures up on my blog and have come across flickr again. I think I will be able to post pictures from my iPhone and blog them with relative ease. This is a great picture of Taylor is one of his […]
Isn’t techonology wonderful??? I tried to update the “back side” software of my blog through WordPress the other day and something didn’t work right and I wasn’t able to log in to post and then the blog wasn’t even on the internet!? After about 2 days of head scratching, A Stone’s Throw is back up […]
Many, if not all of us, can remember the saying from our parents, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” My dad used to say all of the time “Son, keep your mouth shut and let people think you are a fool, rather than opening it and removing all doubt.” Both […]
Mythbusters was AWESOME!!! It is really great to be a part of a church that is willing to be creative to share the Gospel with a hurting world.? Yesterday’s message was one of the clearest Gospel presentations I have heard in a long, long time.? I am really excited about this series at Forest Park! […]
Ok, so you might live in the country if: You have to get a riding lawn mower (there’s really no option). Your water has little black particles in it because it’s a well. Well, we are “off the grid” with the water anyway! Cable “doesn’t go that far. ” DSL, therefore definitely “doesn’t go that […]
There is a festival that is held here in Carthage each August called Marian Days. There are over 40,000 Vietnamese Catholics who pilgramage to Carthage for a festival in honor of Mary. It has been a real eye-opening experience for me as I was heading home from church on Wednesday night and had to take […]
Just sitting in the first session of the Leadership Summit with the Forest Park family.? I am actually sitting next to an old friend, Billy Grady, the BSU guy at MSU.? I love this conference each year and so I am really excited to be here with my new coworkers.? I will hopefully get you […]
Went over to the Jones’ tonight. Landon is getting really big! Here are some pics.
A buddy of mine said today, “You know a true friend when they help you move.”? My thoughts exactly!!? We had some of our dear friends and family help us move the “easy” stuff of boxes.? There was nothing “easy” about unloading our storage unit and filling the biggest Penske truck we could get with […]