Yesterday, we were cleaning out the storage building out back that we never finished cleaning out when we moved into the house earlier this summer. So there was this big, empty beer keg in there (Budweiser), which we probably won't be able to sell at the garage sale next weekend, so I called around, and guess what? I found out that I can take it ( Read more... )

In our young adults Sunday School group we're studying the spiritual discipline of fasting. Today we talked about a particular aspect of fasting - humility (see Isaiah 58:3-9). This week has been a good week for me humility-wise:

I went to the men's breakfast at church yesterday. Pastor Jeff from Promiseland Church in Calhoun spoke. It was a ( Read more... )

Oh, man. Whisper a prayer for the Sheltonian clan. It's time for me to explain sex to Josiah. He's a very inquisitive 6 year old who has lately been asking all about how babies are made. I remember when I was a boy about his age my dad took me out in the woods and 'splained it to me while we were looking at squirrels and pine-cones and stuff. ( Read more... )

Yesterday I committed my final wedding of the Summer (probably). Looking back, it's been an interesting season for folks who want to tie the knot, and who wanted me to be the knot-tier.

The first wedding of the season was on May 19 was at the Summit Country Club. It was a very beautiful outside wedding. Alma Randolph sang. Her CD messed up, so ( Read more... )

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The sonogram this morning revealed the gender of our child who is scheduled to be born around December 3 of this year. She kind of resembled an alien on the sonogram, but it was still exciting to watch and to find out. Another girl, and an apparently healthy child at that. I already have one boy, Josiah, and one girl, Noelle. Now another girl ( Read more... )