back in 'sweet home alabama'

well, we're back home after an awesome week and weekend! it all started on friday when we went to ... i hate to even admit this ... auburn. ugh!! this shows how much i love my daughter. we toured the campus and saw some of the town. the town would not be what it is without the university.

after that was over we went to my older brother's house and stayed 2 nights and day with him and his family, along with having a lunch with my parents.

then we met up with another couple from port city to birmingham. we went to crossbridge for service, and got to see wendi and dubb and their kids ... what a great family!

then we went to lunch and then on to the cedars of lebanon state park in lebanon, tn. after a week of lounging and trail walking and frisbee golf and a lot of eating we went into nashvegas for some site seeing.

we went to the country music hall of fame, saw rocket town cafe (michael w. smith's cafe) by accident, and sun recording studios. then we went to cooter's place. y'all remember cooter from dukes of hazard, right? then we went back to the cabin for the evening.


then on friday we went to lipscomb for a visit. that was cool. they were so nice there. unlike auburn, lipscomb really doesn't have that much to say if nashville succeeds or fails. that is to say if lipscomb closed, nashville would continue without much of an impact, but i don't think you could say that about auburn.

after the visit we checked into our hotel for the weekend, and met up with our fellow members of port city and went to 4th avenue church of Christ for the first evening of 'stream franklin'. let me say that i have been touting this conference with anyone who would listen to me at church, and steve made me feel good when when we were walking back to the car after the service and he said, "ken, this has already exceeded my expectations!"

the whole weekend was like that ... as God is immeasurable, He exceeds our expectations. what a great time of fellowship and praising God for a whole week to get away and think about Him and what He has done for us.

check in later to see more about next year's installment. they think it will be around january 2008. please consider this for yourselves, y'all.

greetings from franklin!

i'm with my family and 4 other members from my home congregation, and about ... oh, i'd say maybe 500 more (that's a conservative guess) of our brothers and sisters in the faith here at stream franklin. this is the 2nd event of stream franklin, and i sincerely hope that it continues.

one of my friends that is here with us made a terrific comment. see i had been touting how much we had enjoyed stream in the desert when we were in texas. i was concerned that with this being 2nd year of stream franklin that it may not be like what i had been talking about, but he surprised me and said, "ken, this has already surpassed my expectations." what a relief!! i told him, "but this is only the first night!"

oh what i hope jeff walling does shares with us today will continue to remind us of how we can not really understand what we need to. does that make sense?

jeff reminded us of how where ever we are is holy ground, and God is there with us. jeff shared with us that sometimes people are talking about how great a service was, or when they were doing a service project or studying with a friend that it was so good that God showed up. isn't that funny? God showed up. isn't He right here ... right now? we just need to remember and notice that.

let me just say that i am having an awesome time here so far. it all started with a week in the woods with my family and another family. we were at the cedars of lebanon state park in ... you guessed it ... lebanon, tn. then we went to lipscomb university for a visit with them for a possibility for my daughter to go to in a year or so. i still can not imagine that my daughter is about to graduate from high school ... there is still another year yet, but i still can not believe it.

it was a great visit. we also went to the country music hall of fame. cool place!

well, i need to get off of here and get ready for the next session. thanks for reading trey!! this is for you trey, but you can still keep singing about being a rich man. you are a rich man with your family; wife and kids, but you already know that. thanks for visiting.

a song from one of my favorite movies

have you seen fiddle on the roof? if not, you are missing one of the best movies.

here's another one that we laugh and sing when we watch the movie:

girls! this one is for you ...

there is this woman with an amazing heart for God that came to speak the girls and 'girls at heart' a couple of weeks ago. she is one of the daughters of one of our members at port city, and a daughter of the Father, as well. wendi is her name, and she will gladly share her story with you. i'm not a girl, so i wasn't there, but my wife and daughter loved her talks!!

wendi is a teacher, a mother, a wife, a sister, and like i mentioned before a daughter. her family is awesome, (i have personal experience in knowing them) and they live in the birmingham area.

she didn't ask me to do this, by the way, but she is willing to come to your church and speak to your girls, too. just go to the link here, and set up a time, and place ... you will not regret it! her blog has some of the things she talks about, and testimonials, and info on how to reach her. check it out, girls!

its finally here

well its Good Friday. a lot of thought goes into what is "good" about this friday compared to the other 51 in the year. why is the day that our Savior's murder considered good? ... i guess its because of our Savior's sacrifice we have our chance to be with Him when we finally go home to be with Him ... its a good thing.



i have been without my dr pepper now for 37 days. i'm looking forward to sunday. i'm looking forward to sunday, not because i get to have my dr pepper, but because i will be with my family remembering that it was a sunday more than 2000 years ago when my Savior rose from the dead, and defeated death, and satan for good! i will be having a dr pepper for breakfast, though.



how have you done this lenten season? i have had days that i so wish i had a dr pepper. days that i was dragging, and needed that extra umph. can you imagine going 40 days without food or water, and then being tempted to make a meal out of the rocks that surround you. the rocks that are there with your every step?



i have nothing to complain about, but i rejoice in what my Savior has done for me!

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