by April Kelley
My wife and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary on December 5th. I can remember vividly certain details of that day. Sadly, my wife and I were preoccupied to some degree because we had a 20 page paper due that following Monday. The class? Marriage and Family. It was a class that we were taking together at the University of Louisville. I don’t remember … Read More Oh, Brother!
by April Kelley
Five years ago today, our precious John Ryle came into the world. Whew! After an epidural, two labor stalls, C-section discussions because of ‘failure to progress’, a trip to Qdoba (for me), and 14 hours of hard labor – my sweet little Ryle was born. His namesake is my ‘old friend’ JC Ryle – pastor and author in the 1800’s. His simple, yet heart … Read More It’s already been five years?!?!
by April Kelley
A year ago today, about this time, I was sitting in a police car filling out a report for my stolen laptop bag from National City. The thieves got my laptop (actually it belonged to the bank), Alfredo’s GPS (still sorry about that Alfredo), my daily calendar and most important to me – my daily MacArthur Bible. To commemorate the one year anniversary, I … Read More A year ago today…
by April Kelley
I had an interesting discussion with a young man last week. For awhile now, I’ve been working part-time at UPS. I have really enjoyed getting to meet and interact with such a diverse group of people. I’ve been chatting for some with a young man named Noah and his friend (his name escapes me right now). We’ve talked about their future plans, working … Read More I’m the black sheep…
by April Kelley
Today was supposed to be last day. February 17, 2009 – does the date mean anything to you? It is the date in which the analog signal on TV stations across the U.S. was to switch to digital. The date has been talked about for well over a year and the “crawl” at the bottom of network television has been constant since mid-August announcing … Read More An appointment you must keep…
by April Kelley
It has become a family tradition to attend the 11 p.m. Christmas service at Southeast Christian Church. As the words of Luke 1 were scrolling on the jumbotron screen, the words of verse 30 struck me, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.” Found favor. Mary, a teenage girl – found favor WITH God. Sadly, this young lady who is … Read More …you have found favor with God. – Luke 1:30
by April Kelley
Here is an excellent post on the most important resolution of all. May the Lord Jesus richly bless you in the coming year.
by April Kelley
I love children. The Lord has been exceedingly gracious to my wife and I in opening her womb seven times, and in each of those instances, having the great joy of seeing the child delivered with relatively few complications. By God’s grace, the question has not been, “Will we be able to get pregnant?”, but “What would be a good month to have the … Read More The mystery of God’s providence
by April Kelley
A mega family, loosely defined, is family that has one more child in it than you have. If you have three children, oftentimes the thought is “I can’t imagine having four!” April and I starting using this phrase when hotels would no longer put our single family in one room. This started happening when we had our fourth child, Graceann. Since our precious daughter … Read More What is a mega-family?
sojourning His path 