Changing Landscapes in Alliance, Texas

When we arrived on the scene a few years ago, there were more of these guys populating the terrain than houses:

Our first worship space was in a building just south of the Alliance Airport, and there were fields surrounding it for about a one mile radius. Today, there is a Cabella’s just across [...]

The Bill Leckie Band

My big brother’s band, named appropriately, “The Bill Leckie Band,” will be playing tomorrow night at “The Pigeon Hole” in Irving.
There is a $2 cover charge, and there will be a love offering received for the band. If you live in the area, and like a little southern rock with a worship flavor, come [...]

Worship and Outsiders

How it should be:

How we often make it:

Blessings and Encouragements

A few of the individuals and churches who have been a blessing and/or encouragement to us recently:

Dan & Cassandra Robison - Fellow Compass sojourners who recently gave us their dining room table!

Mark & Tori Bjornholm - Met Mark through blogging and he has been a generous and encouraging friend ever since.
Donnie & Jen Bowlin - [...]

Cruisin’ Roanoke in the Family Van…

Hilarious night with the fam tonight.
After visiting family in Arlington, Texas, we used Melissa’s i-pod to crank music through the van’s speakers so we could sing along at the top of our lungs like lunatics. Then we stopped by McDonalds where more silliness and laughing ensued.

The funniest moment, though, was when we drove by [...]

Keystone Church

Many of you have been curious about our church situation since Compass effectively went into “operational pause.” Well, be curious no more. Our “adopted” church family since about December has been Keystone Church in Keller, Texas.

I met Brandon Thomas not long after he began planting Keystone and we have been friends ever since. [...]

Easter Eve S’mores

So spring sprang then snapped backwards for a day or two…
The night before Easter here in Fort Worth, the temperature dropped and there were actually tiny snow flurries in the air! So we built what is sure to be the last fire in our fireplace for the season, and roasted marshmallows for s’mores.
See a [...]

Launch Conference Re-Cap

Leona was actually able to go with me to the “Launch Conference Half-Day Event” the other day. It was only a morning event and the only physical activity involved sitting and taking notes, so she was up for it. Halfway through her neck was really bothering her, but she was a [...]