Here Comes My Bride

She’s waiting for me. I’ve been preparing a place for her. We can’t wait to celebrate with our friends and family at our wedding!
Oh, Lord you have been so faithful and loving to bring Melody into my life! Help me to love and cherish her like you cherish your Church. Amen
“And I will betroth [...]

A Chance to Die

Some might consider the picture in this post just plain old morbid, but I couldn’t help but clip it out and stow it away when I saw this thought provoking picture of bride and groom skeletons in a souvenir ad from the Chicago Field Museum.

The skeletons in the picture have something to do with [...]

The High Call of Marriage

A few weeks ago, I threw a bachelor’s party for Josiah. It wasn’t a rowdy, rude event, but a time to encourage Josiah and to celebrate with him. David W.—one of the guests at the party (he is also going to be one of Josiah’s groomsmen)—wrote a letter to Josiah for this event. This letter [...]

Our Cup Overflows

My fiancée, Melody, and I have been overwhelmed with the generosity of our friends and family as we prepare for our marriage together. As we have been showered with gifts I am reminded of a line in the song that will be sung as my lovely bride walks down the isle to at our wedding [...]

Pray for Carlee Hobbs

It has been a long time since either Josiah or I have posted here, and even now I’m not going to post anything about either of us. Rather, I would like to ask you to pray for a family friend.
Carlee (Sobie) Hobbs, her husband, Nathaniel, and their children live up in Alaska. Just a few [...]

Treasure Hunt

I had to think of some way to get Melody to my favorite spot in the woods so I could propose to her without her suspecting anything beforehand. I wanted to surprise her. In the end, she surprised me!
I figured the easiest way to catch Melody unsuspectingly would be to guise my proposal in a [...]

She Said Yes

After years of dreams, fervent prayers, late night conversations, joys, frustrations, breakthroughs, friendship, work, study, counsel, repentance, more work and more study and lots more prayer… finally it all boiled down to one simple question.
Last Friday, under a canopy of budding trees, I asked my best friend Melody Nicole to marry me. Even before [...]

We’re Engaged!

“Let your father and mother be glad;
let her who bore you rejoice.”
- Proverbs 23:25 (ESV)

What is Courtship?

I wrote an entry on courtship several months ago and thought it would be relevant to put a link to that entry here again.

A Special Thanks To…

A special thanks goes to all of the photographers at the park. You guys are the best!
Thank you Joseph for sharing your party with us. You are growing into a very fine young gentleman!

Big Sis Enters Blogosphere

We are pleased to announce that our sister, Heather, has began blogging. Her website is called Joy in the Little Things. Here’s what Josiah and I have to say about our sister.
Stephen:
My sister Heather is like an ivy plant— beautiful, tender, resilient. She is the oldest child in our family, so she has been [...]

A High School Graduation

Tomorrow our brother, Calvin, will be graduating from high school. He has worked hard, and the day has finally come.
When our mom and dad got married in 1981, they said that they would never send their children to public school. A few years later, they heard of this radical new idea called home schooling. Far [...]