Veil Bells and Ropes

Only the Priest may enter the Holy of Holies, and under specific conditions and times. Priests never knew if they were enterin

The Brazen Serpent

The Scripture 4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient o

Bo Chef – Left Ear Loud:HOME

music Just released on all major streaming platforms as of Thanksgiving 2024. See below for embed or spotify link here. Making

2024 October

Downtown We tried to spend some extra time together downtown, with nothing planned. Just hang out on a nice day, walk around a

2024 September

Josslyn’s birthday This month, we celebrated Joss turning 12! She really wanted Kirby-themed cupcakes for her birthday,

2024 August

video placeholder – I am behind and havent made the video for this month yet. Will update later. Wesley’s Birthday

Men of the Bible – Ananias

Background Acts Chapter 9 Saul was a man driven by relentless fury against the followers of Jesus. Armed with the authority of

hoyt bass

Zach of Hoyt Banjos was kind enough to experiment and use his time and talents to build a bass for me – his first. He di

2024 June

Video Swimming June was super hot, and we spent a lot of time cooling off in the pool. We’re lucky to have awesome neigh

The Legends of Wes

Welcome to Wes’s Comic Book World! Introducing Our Young Author: Wes Wes is an imaginative and creative 8-year-old with

2024 May

Video CAMPING We went camping at Abrams Creek – it rained really hard but it did let up enough to let us go for a little

2024 April

Video Kite Wes and Austin got the kite out – flying it high while dodging trees – but it eventually landed too hig

Song Book – Nose on the Grindstone

chords Lyrics Videos

Song Book – Cripple Creek

Intro Cripple Creek is a required song to learn if you play the Banjo. The song is an old one – it likely originated in

Song Book – Shady Grove

Printable one pager guitar Chords mandolin chords banjo chords lyrics Favorite Versions

2024 March

video This month I tried to put links to the video “chapters” for each event. The video is long (30+ minutes) so h

2024 Feburary

video This month’s video tops out at 30ish minutes. A little long, but there were parts that we just didn’t want t

2024 January

video Happy new year! Another month of taking more video than pictures. There is overlap of course, but the video is pretty fu

WHY I BELIEVE

Methodology Belief doesn’t necessitate blindness; rather, it stands in contrast to disbelief, not reason. My convictions

The Resurrection

In the early 1900’s, Frank Morison set out to prove the story of the resurrection was a myth based on superstitious fabl

2023 DECEMBER

Video I took more videos than pictures this month. This video is longer than normal – it was hard to cut out what were g

The Christmas Story

Intro Beyond the festive decorations and sugarplum dreams, the Christmas story harbors a rich vein of complexity. It’s a

Fine Tuning

The anthropic principle, a multifaceted concept in cosmology, posits that the universe’s properties and conditions appea

The Kalam Cosmological Argument

The Argument The Kalam cosmological argument, rooted in Islamic philosophy, proposes a compelling argument for the existence o

2023 NOVEMBER

video November didnt feel like there were too many highlights. We stayed at home most of the month, but watching the video, we

Engineering The Universe

Intro At some juncture in our lives, we consciously or subconsciously adopt a perspective on the world. In my earlier years, I

Beansprout Mini 5 String Banjo

I havent been able to put this thing down – it was a perfect travel companion for our trips in October from TN to OH to

2023 September

Joss’ Birthday Joss had her 11th birthday two times: we celebrated her during the week as a family and then she had a slumbe

2023 August

Wesley’s Birthday Christian made Wesley a triforce cake (had to use a paper triangle for the 3rd one as the cheesecake he ma

2023 JULY

4th of July We didn’t know what to expect for our 1st Fourth of July in Tennessee so we ended up buying some of our own fire