Monument BLOG

Hello from Hanoi, Vietnam, a city of 9 million people, and 7 million scooters, and where it is currently Tuesday morning for me, and Monday evening for you right now. It has been quite the experience so far. The people here are so very kind, the tournament staff has...

My family got together yesterday (Sunday), which is very normal for us. It usually begins with 4 to 5 hours of volleyball at a park, but the weather looked to be too windy, so my son decided to cancel this week. So, we got together in the early afternoon and played...

A lot has happened this past week. I had my follow up echo, which I already wrote about. I finished Matthew and Mark over the weekend and today. And my home club had our end of year party for which I smoked brisket, pork, and ribs. It was a great time. The parents sat...

What a great past couple of weeks I had. First it was NITOC, and I got to see a bunch of people that have been praying for me and said they were glad I could make it this year. I am glad as well. Then my wife flew in to Birmingham and we went to visit my daughter,...

NITOC for me and my club and students was quite successful. There were some goals made, some exceeded, and some surprises and disappointments. And that is the case for all competitions, and for life in general. I had a team of senior policy debaters that had a goal to...

I am almost done with Jeremiah. The chapters I read the past few days really showed a contrast between several groups of people in Judah. The ten tribes of Israel are long gone and Judah has had a number of visits from Babylon and most of the people have been taken...

Wow. It is hard to believe we are in May already. NCFCA is now in the Regional mode, and Stoa students are prepping for NITOC. Graduation Ceremonies are on the horizon, and these students will be looking to their next calling, whether heading to college, tech school,...

I just got back from Houston and our domestic World Schools Debate tournament. It was run by Miha Andric, an internationally known coach from Slovenia. I met Miha in 2018 in Stuttgart, Germany when my daughter Abbie competed in Worlds. For some reason, Miha took a...

Thank you all for your continued prayers for my health. I get a few inquiries here and there, and I do appreciate it. I was able to play about 5 hours of volleyball yesterday (Sunday), and was not too winded when I decided I had played enough. My heart rate and rhythm...

I wanted to thank you all again for your continued prayers for my recovery. I was able to go out yesterday after church to play some volleyball with my son's group. I have been playing with them for a good number of years, but this had cut down due to my schedule, and...

We had a great time with our family and some friends over this Resurrection Day weekend. The resurrection of Jesus is the most important event of the Christian faith. If Christ didn't raise from the dead, then no one is raised. And if no one is raised, then we are to...

As some of you have seen, I have hired on my oldest daughter Ashley as my executive assistant. Some of you have received emails from her. She will be doing a lot my day to day tasks to free me up for more content creation, coaching, etc. She is a very welcome addition...