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October is breast cancer awareness month and I am sure I will be seeing a ton of pink over the next few weeks. I know what it is like to be under emotional stress as a parent, especially when you know your kid is suffering. However, I don’t know what it is like to be [...]

Here is the news piece NBC 10 did on the Umsteads and Rawns last week:

The longer I serve our church and our God the more I realize why I can keep going when I am feeling tired or empty. The answer is I have purpose in my actions. No matter how seemingly menial the task, or challenging the problem, my purpose is the same. As followers of Jesus our [...]

It amazes me what God uses to help people. Sometimes technology, sometimes medicine, sometimes other people. My friend Lindsay Spengler recently experienced something miraculous. After being stuck in bed for about 5-6 years she is now out and about and getting her life back. CBS news recently interviewed her about her recovery. Click here to [...]

I recently ran into this quote and found it interesting… Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work. – Gustave Flaubert I know that I find myself being the most creative when I am at peace and removed from stress. For me that is sitting [...]

My friend Lindsay Spengler returned home about a week ago. If you don’t remember her, from my sermon this summer, you can see my recent interview with her by clicking here. Lindsay has fought her way through her RSD and recently got back from Mexico where she received some experimental treatment. God has answered prayer [...]

Some people that you meet stick with you for life. My friend Sean is one of those guys. I met Sean when I first started serving here at my church in Student Ministry. He, myself, and a bunch of other volunteers hung out with teenagers every week doing our best to help them develop a [...]

In my “God Time” recently I haven’t been able to get away from the first chapter in James. God keeps bringing it up. He brought it up when I first met Lindsay Spengler a couple of months ago (who is now able to eat chicken tacos – OH YEAH!). He brought it up when I [...]

There were many joys associated with this past weekend since Anthony joined us in the world. However there were some big emotional moments for me this past Sunday. I spoke on the topic of suffering and shared some of my personal experiences. God certainly has performed a miracle of perseverance in the life of my [...]

Today I was playing with my son and we were having some fun when he woke up from his nap. Every once in a while he wakes up a little grumpy these days because he is pushing his molars through. When I grab him in those moments I love trying to cheer him up. I [...]