It was a crazy busy weekend fro Team Sublett. Kim took off with Charlie Thursday night for the yearly “Bedford Yard Sale.” We try to get rid of all our good/useable/unwanted clutter once a year, selling it to the good people of Bedford at minimal prices. I don’t know the Read more…
have you ever heard that saying? Maybe it’s a Georgia thang. It means that if I got to choose my preference, my way…if I could pick, this is what I’d do. While I find my attention drawn to a pretty diverse and wide-flung set of attractions/passions, there’s a part of Read more…
Our church has been working through Henry Blackaby’s Experiencing God. Pastor Dan’s been preaching up a storm and our lifegroups have been using the workbook to dig deeper, to dive in, to apply it to our lives. That sounds great on the surface, and usually works for me until Wednesday. Read more…
I could tell by the look in his eyes as we took him from his “father’s” arms that he was a little scared. He didn’t know us. He was in a strange environment, surrounded by unfamiliar faces and sounds, and his “parents” were walking away. One day away from his Read more…
Have you ever read something and wanted to share it with everyone you know? I have. So click here and read this article. As the father, especially with a son soon headed off to face life outside the house, this hit home. I want to do everything that I can Read more…
What’s your favorite church holiday? Most of us land on Easter or Christmas, and that makes sense, you know, since Jesus is a pretty big deal to us. But are those actual holidays? When you have a holiday from school, that means that school is cancelled, right? But a church Read more…
Seems like everywhere I turn someone’s talking to me about margin. As in, “Hey, you got any margin? If you don’t, you better get you some, jack.” (For the record, most of the made-up voices in my head sound like they’re from Redneck, GA or Duck Dynasty. And I like Read more…
Something remarkable has happened in the downtown area. State College has a new living room. It took months longer than I anticipated. We had an incredible team of renovators shaping the heart and soul of the historic building. The build up to the opening was fabulous, and the finished product Read more…
This town has an identity complex. Because of Penn State football we’re the 3rd largest city in the state on home football weekends. That’s good and bad, I suppose. Because of Joe Paterno our town is a household name…for good and bad. We’re a town marked by historical contributions to Read more…
As I look back on the past 14 years that I’ve been in Happy Valley and the 10 or so trips that I’ve taken to visit the boys (and girls) at the Rose of Sharon Orphanage, I have a few special memories. Henry was wheelchair bound by the time I Read more…