Category: ATB

Welcome to Thankful Thursday, where we take off the mask, lose the tongue-in-cheek, and tell you how we really feel. And honestly, the primary emotion regarding our years of raising support for full-time ministry is thankfulness, so it’s not a struggle at all to come up with a post on something else for which we are eternally grateful about our ministry life. Continue reading “Thankful Thursdays: See-through Pants”

I am constantly tinkering with the concept of this site, and have been really enjoying creating it. But one thing that is missing is real community involvement. Hundreds of people from dozens of countries have visited, and just a handful have commented. I know from years of experience that a ton of people means that I am not the coolest one in the room, just the one talking the most. Continue reading “Shoutout Friday: The Pettigrews”

Jon Acuff is too kind. He lets me post ridiculous stuff to Stuff Christians Like, and then just throws around links to my site all willy-nilly. Thanks, Jon.

And welcome, if you are checking out ATB via SCL. It’s my new creative venture and I hope you’ll stick around. I post every weekday, and you can expect my “A” game on Monday, a photo worth mocking on Tuesday in PhotoBest, solid “B+” game on Wednesday, Thankful Thursdays, and the all-new Shout-out Friday.

I hope you’ll stick around, while we laugh at the process of raising support. Thanks again for stopping by.

Sweat glistened from my brow. Like the saying goes, I didn’t want him to see me sweat. But I also didn’t want him to see me wiping sweat, because that’s pretty much the same thing. And he was staring at me, from across a desk. Continue reading “About the Supporter Standoff.”

I accidentally baited and switched a few people in my day. I’d contact them sincerely looking to catch up, hear about their life, and not talk about donating to my ministry. But then, right in the middle of the “what have you been up to Continue reading “About Being Baited and Switched.”