Category Archives: Home & Family Life

It Takes Two: A Plumbing Parable of Marriage

Posted on 2015/05/28 by Shawn Thomas

(In honor both of our 33rd wedding anniversary, and our icemaker 😉 Last week some workers discovered that there was a leak underneath our house, and they recommended that we call a plumber. Cheryl & I saw where the leak … Continue reading →

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From A Cottage in the Foothills …

Posted on 2015/05/04 by Shawn Thomas

It’s been a busy few weeks since we hit the ground running at my new pastorate, Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in Morganton, North Carolina. People have asked how Cheryl and Michael especially like it here, and the answer is that … Continue reading →

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A Crucial Word For Parents

Posted on 2015/04/28 by Shawn Thomas

They don’t include any kind of “instruction manual” for raising your child when they send you home from the hospital with your baby. Thankfully, God’s word gives parents the instructions they need, in places like Proverbs 22:15, which reads: “Foolishness … Continue reading →

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A Pleasant Trip to the Ridge

Posted on 2015/02/11 by Shawn Thomas

Last weekend, Cheryl, Michael & I drove to Morganton, North Carolina, where I was called to serve as Senior Pastor at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. It was a very emotional time for us, as it ended a three-year odyssey through … Continue reading →

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Family Gingerbread House Contest Dec. 2014

Posted on 2014/12/31 by Shawn Thomas

For the last several years, our family (kids & spouses) has had a Gingerbread House contest during the Christmas season. This year’s is a bit late, since we didn’t get together with the kids until the week after Christmas, at … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving on the Prairie

Posted on 2014/12/02 by Shawn Thomas

Thanksgiving has become perhaps our very favorite family holiday in recent years, and we were looking forward to it even more this year, with our grandbabies coming in. While David & Ashley were on their way from North Carolina, they … Continue reading →

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Praying For Your Family

Posted on 2014/11/25 by Shawn Thomas

The first chapter of Job describes the central character of this book as a man who was not only “blameless” and “upright” before God (:1) but as one who loved his family, and ministered to them spiritually. Verse 5 says: … Continue reading →

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“The Little Condo on the Prairie” 11-21-14

Posted on 2014/11/21 by Shawn Thomas

I know it’s supposedly “Thanksgiving” holiday, but with the grand babies coming in we see it more as: The kids and grandkids should be on their way to Norman today, and boy, have we been getting ready for them! Cookie … Continue reading →

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The Little Condo on the Prairie (10-28-14)

Posted on 2014/10/28 by Shawn Thomas

We enjoy our family’s fantasy football league, “Try Ruling the World Some Time”, named after the phrase from the movie, “The Princess Bride.” Each of our teams also has a “Princess Bride” name — for example, mine is “Wait Till … Continue reading →

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“The Little Condo on the Prairie” (9-16-14)

Posted on 2014/09/16 by Shawn Thomas

The inhabitants of “The Little Condo” recently took a family trip to the drive-through for dinner — you can ride along if you’d like: Cheryl had to work really hard this particular Monday, so I decided we’d give her a … Continue reading →

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