tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-218940762009-10-16T19:43:35.349-05:00Chris Wallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17084608789841317126noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21894076.post-44895794196370671462008-09-05T15:59:00.003-05:002008-09-07T20:03:13.304-05:00

I was born and raised in the Great State of Texas. I am proud of my Texas heritage and all things Texas. I have noticed living in the "Free State," Maryland, some interesting things. First, the "Free State" is not at all "Free." It cost money to live here and a lot of it. But, that is anywhere. Second is the North East is obsessed with Texas. Let me prove my point. We have restaurants

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Since the first part of May my life has been a crazy, busy, non-stop mess. With my resignation from Welsh and starting of the Bumper Man business life has passed by really quick. I did some training in Atlanta, GA and New Orleans the second and third week of June and kicked the business off the last week of June. From the start the used car managers have been very open and receptive to what I

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I have been a Texas Rangers fan since I was a little kid. I have a plastic batting helmet and little wooden bat from from childhood with the Rangers logo on it. As I am typing this I am wearing my Rangers shirt. Toby Harrah and Buddy Bell were my favorite players as a kid. I remember the greats like Odibie McDowell and Ferggie Jenkins with the Rangers. I watched Nolan Ryan pitch one night. I know

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These are pics taken by my niece who was in town helping with the kids.

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This is what the next month looks like for our family...its called nuts. May 24th Yard Sale because we don't want to move it and we have stuff worth selling. May 25th, second to last Sunday at Welsh. Packing, more packing and still more packing. May 30th, birthday/moving pool party for Riley at the YMCA pool. May 31st lots of packing because some friends, Heather and Sharee, are taking the

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Yesterday I announced to the church that I am resigning and moving to Hagerstown, MD. We had felt God moving us in this direction for some time now. We have been praying and asking God to provide the start-up cost for me to start my own business. We got our answer and now He keeps answering more. I will be officially known as a Bumperman, here is another website. Our prayer through this whole

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Well, this past Saturday I turned 37 years old. It was not a big deal, just another birthday that passes. My wife enabled my golf habit by letting me purchase a Taylor Made Rescue club. I am excited about the opportunity to play with it. Especially on the Par 4 number 3 at Polish Pines where you have to lay up before the water.Enough on my b-day. Now to the reason I am feeling old, the

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With the writer's strike this season some of my favorite shows have been delayed or canceled for the season all together. I am glad to see hope is on the horizon with one of the best shows I have seen, Deadliest Catch. I wrote a small blog about this last season here. I think I enjoy the show for the fact that this is real reality. These guys work hard and take great risks to bring a creature

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So the other day I blog about Dr. Demento and I was listen to some of the classics from the show and forgot one of my favorites, Squirrels. Also, there is this classic, Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah and finally Bulbous Bouffant. So, click on the links and find these classics.

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Today is the birthday of a radio icon, Dr. Demento. When I was a kid growing up in McKinney, TX my brother and I would listen to his show on Q102 on Sunday nights. He introduced us to some wonderful songs over the years. Songs like, "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" by Napoleon XIV, or "Dead Puppies" by Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band. Dr. Demento also

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Sunday was a good day. The sermon went really well considering I preached longer than normal. It is funny because I only had three pages of notes, usually have at least five. My daughter the night before asked me about being baptized, she had been asking for some time. I talked to her about what baptism means and why and she said she wanted to become a Christ follower. I prayed with her and

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What a good day, it was long and I am tired but it was worth the trip. Bob Roberts was his usual engaging self. I was able to hang out with a friend, Cory, from another church in the area that road down with me. I had invited him earlier in the week because he is going through some transition stuff in his life and looks to be moving on to another church.I also got to spend some time with my

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One of my pastoral heroes is Bob Roberts, Pastor of Northwood Church in Keller, Texas. I first heard Bob while in seminary in Ft. Worth. I have read two of his books, Transformation and Glocalization. Tomorrow's one day conference is on his newest book, The Multiplying Church. I have not read his newest book, but as part of the conference fee we get the book.

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Ben Stein, one of my favorite actors, "Bueller, Bueller," and one of the smartest guys I have ever heard, is coming out with what looks to be a very interesting movie. It is called "Expelled." Here is some information from the movie website:There is a movement on the horizon that has the potential to change the educational system in America and influence your kids, you and the youth you serve.

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Under "what were they thinking?" The Missouri Baptist Convention decided on December 10th to no-longer fund church plants within their convention that also affiliate with the Acts 29 network because Acts 29 does not take an abstinence stand on the use of alcohol. Here is the story in Baptist Press and a story here and here from some blogging friends. Tom Ascol over at Founders Blog has a

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I think this is a tattoo that I need to look into getting.

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I know I have not blogged in a while. Between have three at home, church, coaching soccer and many other little things that arise in life I have not really thought about it. Then today I was thinking about it and our worship leader at the church told me I needed to update my blog, so here it is.Actually, what I was thinking about writing about is music. I am not a musician, though I do like to

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It is official! WE ARE HOME!. We got back to Frostburg around 1:00 PM Tuesday. Hudson is sleeping well and doing all the other things that babies do. We are so thankful that God took care of him during this time. Now we need to recuperate before my mom heads back to Texas on Tuesday.

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Hudson will probably be coming home tomorrow (Tuesday). He is doing really well and we are very thankful for all the prayers from all our friends. God has definitely blessed us and we are thankful to have been at such a good hospital as WVU. It almost enables me to be a Mountaineers fan (NOT). I will write if we get to go home tomorrow.

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The last 24+ hours have been crazy. Hudson on Thurs started running a fever which is very unusual with infants only three weeks old. Friday morning we took him to the Ped and they had him admitted to the hospital in Cumberland, MD where he was born about 15 miles from Frostburg. They ran cultures on blood and did a lumbar punch (spinal). The LP came back with bacteria and so he was transfered

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These are two pictures from yestarday after the birth of our third child Hudson Samuel. He was born at 7:50 AM and weighed 8lbs 6.8oz and was 20 inches long. He is doing really well. Michelle is recovering from the c-section very well and should be out of the hospital on Thursday. We appreciate all the prayers.

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"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' This is the great and foremost commandment. "The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' (Matthew 22:36-39 NASB) "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the

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Jacob got home on Friday Auguat 20 and is doing really well. The miracle that happened is amazing to think about. He came through the surgery and originally the doctors were able to open up his pulmonary artery to 2mm, they were hoping for 4. A day later his lung collapsed and all blood flow was cut off. By the weekend the lung started to fill with air again and blood flow returned from other

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Today I am in Morgantown, West Virginia with a family from the church. Their son, Jacob, is four years old and is having his fourth open heart surgery. When he was born one of his arteries was not attached and his heart was not functioning correctly. He was rushed to the hospital here when he was baby and had his first surgery. Then six months later he had another surgery. Last year he had

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I was reading a friend's, Billy Victor, blog the other day and he had been through Toad Suck, Arkansas which I had been through before when I was in college. So it inspired me to remember some of the unusual city names that I have heard of in the five different states I have lived in my 36 year life. We will start with my home state of Texas and progress through the states in the order I have

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