Monument BLOG

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...

It has been a wild couple of weeks. And not something I would want to go through ever again. I'll give you mostly the highlights, and you can look some things up if you want more details. But all-in-all, I know God was with me the whole time, and there was lots to be...

As you will see in the next sections, it has been quite a week. It appears I may be going to both Vietnam and Rwanda this summer. Vietnam is taking some hoop-jumping to get there as this is an Asian School ONLY tournament and we are not that. However, the tournament...

I just got back from the Jacksonville tournament, and it was a blast to see many students from the camps I did last summer. There were some from Georgia, and Florida, including one from a camp I did over four years ago in Naples. It was great to see old friends and...

I was just reading about Tim Allen of "Home Improvement," "Last Man Standing," "The Santa Clause," and the voice for Buzz Lightyear, has just finished his first time through the Bible. He took it slowly and methodically, spending 13 months to complete the task. The...

Super Bowl Sunday has come and gone. We went to our son's house for a 'watch party' but more so to be with family and friends. We would have watched more had it been the Broncos and Seahawks, but such is life. And for halftime, we skipped the SB show and opted to...