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Baby Lo - 2 months

Originally uploaded by cultivatethesoul

In usual fashion, I’ve postponed my thankyou notes because I wanted them to be handmade and include a photo. Most of the time my desire for something special to demonstrate my true appreciation translates into delay… which translates sometimes into denial.. until occasionally defeat takes over and the […]

The glory of a young man is his strength, right?
A while ago I talked about being the daddy of a dude, well….my son has again proved himself “dude” worthy. Let me explain.
Monday night we arrived in Nags Head around 8 p.m. We were waiting for the other families to get to the house, so we […]

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Originally uploaded by cultivatethesoul.

I though we’d start this tradition off with a photo that was taken by a friend and then displayed at the memorial service.
I’m still working on how to do this stuff, so I’ll put the others up when I can. But if you click on this one, it will take you to […]

The Comfort of Scripture.
“My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word!” (Ps. 119:25)
In the midst of pain, especially the pain of losing your child…it is hard to see and especially feel the comfort of God in His word. Words seem so small…words seem so distant.
Though sometimes you can’t see the […]

Memorial Service or a Funeral?
It may seem odd to have a memorial service for a child who lived 8 months to the day in his momma’s belly and 8 hours to the hour here on this earth…what is there to remember that would bring any comfort?
As I wrestled through this decision it became clear to […]

It feels as if there is an eternity between now and Owen’s birthday; yet, if we blink it will be here. We’ll be meeting our sweet boy as a result of a c-section scheduled for 9:00 Tuesday morning. As the time approaches, I thought some of you might wish to better understand Owen’s medical diagnosis.
About […]

I know this is Robert’s posting ground, but he welcomed my intrusion. There is much I’d like to say that feels worthy of sharing, but the most pressing thing I wish to communicate to each of you is our deepest and sincerest gratitude.
We know many of you ached for some way to help alleviate the […]

In case you were wondering, a whiffle ball will leave a decent little mark on your skin…or at least the facial skin of a 23 month old.
It was time for the glorious tradition of a boy’s first plastic baseball bat and whiffle ball. It’s a day no father can forget…the triumph, the glory, the bruises […]

I don’t think enough about becoming too content. Contentment can be dangerous, deadly in fact. Right now, I pastor (which means that I get to read good books, study the Bible, pray, and teach people about the Gospel in their life) and get paid for it ; I have the best wife in the world […]

The doctor said that there were 3 main things that we were dealing with.
1. Cystic Hygroma: there are large fluid pockets developing on the skull, these are very dangerous ad often fatal.
2. Endocardial Cushion Defect: there is basically a hole in the middle of the heart that allows too much oxygenated blood to circulate through […]

Why “Cultivate the Soul”?
A few years ago I was doing some research on the Greek idea of “paideia” and I came across this definition from Doug Wilson:
“the word paideia represented, to the ancient Greeks, an enormous ideological task. They were concerned with nothing less than the shaping of the ideal man, who would be able […]