Just East of West

If you are ever at Higher Grounds (the coffee shop beside IHOP) and are in need of caffeine and want to try something new you should ask your barista for a “Heavy-D.” I’d give you a 50% chance that they know what you’re talking about but if they do, oh man you’re in for a treat. (more…)

Here’s what I’ve been living on for the past five days: (more…)

I just thought I’d take a moment and point you in the direction of a blog I read. Dr. Ben Witherington III is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky (my home town). He has an M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from the University of Durham in England. And let me tell you, they don’t just hand those out on the street. He teaches and lectures and has written approximately 300,000 books (ok, slight exaggeration, but only slight). He hangs out with my dad from time to time and my dad will occasionally relay the gist of their conversations. (more…)

In light of all that has been going on these past few weeks we have been posting rather serious posts. If you know me you know that I can’t take anything too seriously so I thought an amusing post would be in order. So how about a top ten list? (more…)

That phrase just sounds so much nicer than it actually is, doesn’t it? We’ve been out of the loop for a while and I just thought everyone might like an update on where we stand.

If you follow our blog you know that Jennifer got fired about two weeks ago and we are in a bit of a financial crisis. We spent about a week asking the Lord what He has for us now and we feel (strongly but nervously) that this is a time for us to wait on the Lord and give Him a chance to come through for us. (more…)

As we all know, a picture is worth a thousand words so rather than just tell you why we haven’t updated our blog in a while I thought I’d show you. (more…)

What does the title mean? nothing more than the fact that Just East of West has been a blip on the Blog Radar for more than a year now. Actually the one year mark came and went and I just realized it yesterday. so in a belated celebration Here’s the top ten. . . (more…)

Jennifer is not feeling well today, some kind of combination of pregnancy and head cold, so she is staying home from work. That means she will not be posting today and since I’m not sure I will have another chance to post today I decided to post bright and early.

So here are seven random things that have gone through my head this morning. (more…)

First off, Holy Crap I’m a dad! I feel way too immature to be a father but I guess that’s normal. It’s nice to have a supportive family and plenty of friends that have or are having children. Helps keep the freak-outs to a minimum. The other thing that helps keep the freak-outs to a tolerable level is the prophetic things the Lord dropped in our lap to kinda get us ready. (more…)

It’s been a bit of a crazy week for us here in Jamesland so I thought I would leave you all this weekend with a top ten list of crazies and this picture of what the Intro interns we host brought over.

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