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In August 2007, Jamie Gillentine dove head first into the ocean. But he didn’t know it was a sand bar. Jamie shattered his 6th cervical vertebrae. Spinal fragments were lodged in his spinal cord.
Jamie lost all feeling and movement from his upper-chest down to his legs. He had some arm movement but no hand dexterity. Here’s a video of his recovery which took several months.

Such an inspiration. It inspires me to press on and get up and run this race even when there are set backs. It inspires …

Oh man … just saw a video of Francis Chan‘s daughter imitating her father preaching and it was pretty darn good. I just now think about my daughters, when they are older, if they will be doing this to me!

Emily at 7 months

Emily now
Thank you God for your faithfulness. As much as she has grown in front of our eyes, may she grow in stature, wisdom, favor with God and others.

Growing up, I loved baseball. I wanted to be a professional baseball player. Or at least, I wanted to play little league baseball. I had the desire and heart and a love for the game. I would watch every Braves game (grew up in Atlanta), even when they were last place every year. I would listen to the AM radio under my pillow as I went to sleep, even when I wasn’t supposed to. I would even sneak out of bed, turn on the TV …

So, I might be going to Mongolia in late August, to visit a missionary friend, and when I told him, he told his kids about it. His daughters and Kailey happen to be best friends and so, when they found out that Kailey wasn’t coming, they started a top 5 list of reasons why Kailey should come to Mongolia with me. Eliana (one of the daughters) came on the video chat and told them to me. I thought they were really good!

Top 5 Reasons Why Kailey Should …

Words like forgiveness and redeemed are being used for something that happened yesterday at the Boston Red Sox season opening game. Bill Buckner, who was the first basemen for them in 1986, was blamed for losing the World Series for them by letting a simple ground ball roll between his legs and allowing the Mets to win the game and eventually the series. When you think baseball and choking, it would be the one that everyone would think of. Time magazine also named it the fourth greatest …

Read this story this morning about J.I. Packer (incredible author):
After I had my my book signed, many more pressed him. He signed books as he answered questions. The insight he provided into the Puritans in those few minutes still have a lasting impact on me. During the conversation, a young man (my age) approached Packer with a newly purchased ESV Bible (of which Packer was a general editor). Excitedly, he asked Packer to sign it and handed it to him. For a few moments Packer held the Bible in his …