Don't Try This At Home

I tried to post this earlier today but had some technical difficulties.


Thanks to Keith at BagOfNothing

Zombie Fire Ants

It sounds like something out of science fiction: zombie fire ants. But it’s all too real.

Fire ants wander aimlessly away from the mound.

Eventually their heads fall off, and they die.

Parasitic flies turn fire ants into zombies

Hope for your marriage...

I follow a number of blogs. Some are funny, some have great photos, and some cover topics that interest me. There are a few that I monitor that are written by Church Planters. Two of the planters are a couple that were previously the youth pastor & wife at our church.

Kevin and Amy Colon started Cool River Church in Superior, CO (which, coincidentally, is just over 3.5 miles due west of where my family lived when I was in 2nd grade). Anyway, Kevin and Amy both blog, and I monitor their blogs just to keep up with what is going on.

Back in February Amy did a post titled "Need a Homerun Date Night Idea?" on her Church Planting Wives blog. In that post Amy recommended that her readers spend an evening reading blog posts by Justin and Trisha Davis. In a nutshell, Justin & Trisha were church planters that were incredibly successful. In about a year their plant grew to over 700 and things appeared great on the surface...until Justin left her and the ministry. After a period of counseling and restoration their marriage was renewed and their family was brought back together.

To help others Justin and Trisha have written a series of blog posts that I wanted to pass along. The first "8 Things That Destroyed Our Marriage" and the second series is "8 Things That Restored Our Marriage"

Below is a 27 minute video in which Justin and Trisha tell their story.

Sam's Club - Free 1 Day Pass

For those that do not have a Sam's Club card, here is a free one day pass.

Bring this pass to your local Club to shop with no upcharge, and see how you can save during National Small Business Week and all year long.

Good through May 25
Free 1 Day Pass

America's New Air Force

A very interesting report on the un-manned aircraft used by today's military.

Increasingly, the U.S. military is relying on un-manned aircraft to track and destroy the enemy, sometimes controlled from bases thousands of miles away from the battlefront.

Watch CBS Report Here

More bars in more places...

I think this might be one of the first generation AT&T "more bars in more places" TV commercials.

One Last Cast

For West Texas man who practically lived on the water, there was no better hearse than his fishing boat.


Read Full Fort Worth Star-Telegram Article Here

Read Lyrics to "Riverbank" by Jeff Bates

Christians Have No Reason to Fear Public Education

Since we do not have children we have never been put in the position of having to decide between the public, private or home-school education choices. My gut has always told me that it would be better to go through the public system, but that is an easy thing to say when I am not sending my child out the door. This morning I read an article by Jim Evans (Pastor, FBC Auburn, AL) that puts forth the argument that parents should not retreat from the public school system. There are quite a few good points in the article, but I thought this one explained my gut instinct pretty well:

"There is a case to be made, however, for Christians keeping their children in public schools and working for the success of public education. We have no reason to fear public education. The Christian faith can compete with any other truth claim. But it is not the school's place to teach the faith; that job belongs to the church."

Do understand that this is not meant as a judgment on anyone that made a different choice. As I said, I have never been faced with the decision so I realize that my opinion carries very little weight.

Link To Full Article Here

And also remember: the views expressed in this article are those of David and are not intended to represent the views of Mary, Kensington or anyone else in the extended Bryant family.