Welcome to Part 2 of our Thanksgiving Celebration with the Dare Challenge guys.  You can find Part 1 here. After the men (and the new couple from our church) had all arrived at our home, Steve gathered us in a big circle and we joined hands to pray. He asked each person to pray a sentence prayer, which was a wonderful way to start things…

As many of you know, we hosted the guys from Dare Challenge on Thanksgiving.  As I sat down to write about the wonderful time we had with them it occurred to me that I had way too many pictures and stories for just one post. I’ll just do Part 1 today.…

On this day after Thanksgiving, I am especially thankful for one particular recent memory. Last Monday, we had gone sightseeing with my visiting family members and had quite accidentally timed our arrival at the Bodie Island Lighthouse to coincide with the advent of the golden hour.…

Sunday night, my brother and his family arrived from Minnesota, diligently carting with them some of their cold northern air with which to replace our warm southern air. But that’s okay. We let them stay anyway.…