One of the advantages of moving up to Muncie is the fact that we are closer to family. Instead of driving 8 hours, the most we have to drive is about four. This is a huge improvement, since Alyson really doesn't like riding in the car and gas prices have...what...doubled(?)...since we moved up here ( Read more... )

I've known about this for a while, but kept forgetting to mention this here.

I've mentioned earlier that I had the pleasure of being exposed to Audio Adrenaline back when they were still in college and were known as A-180. Todd would bring them over to play for our youth group several times. We even got to play basketball with them in our gym ( Read more... )

As we got into the car to go to the funeral, the radio was playing the tail end of Blessed Be Your Name. During the funeral, they sang Imagine. Then we heard it on the radio as we pulled out of the parking lot to go to the cemetery. Then, as we pulled out of the cemetery, Held, a song about coping with the loss of a child, was playing on the ( Read more... )

I've had a few days to let the memories of Todd and Mandy's wedding soak into my brain. It was one of the most memorable wedding ceremonies I've attended (my own excluded, of course). These are the things that continue to come up ( Read more... )

Todd Bussey is a married man ( Read more... )

"Moses parts the Red Sea, Jonah lives in the belly of the whale, Daniel survives a night with the Lions...

And Todd Bussey gets married?"

That's how my youth minister from middle school and high school opened the letter announcing his recent engagement! And there was much rejoicing!

Having been at Crossroads/Cullen Avenue for 20-odd years, Todd ( Read more... )