Personal & Family Posts

Accidents Happen: Are You Prepared for the Unexpected?

This past week, I received a call that no husband wants to get. As I answered, my heart skipped a beat when Lisa, my wife, said, “I’ve been in an accident.” She and her mother had been coming back... Read More »

7 Daily Habits for Small Business Owners to Boost Productivity and Well-Being

Running a small business is demanding, but making small adjustments to your daily routine can lead to significant improvements in both your productivity and overall well-being. Here are seven simple habits that, when practiced consistently, can help you manage... Read More »

Why I Cherish My Monthly Retreats: A Decade of Reflection

This past week was my monthly retreat. For more than a decade, I’ve been taking the 1st Friday of each month as a retreat day. Over the years, I’ve come to cherish this time. Some of you may have... Read More »

Parent Equipping Cohort: Parents of LGBTQ Kids

We’re excited to share with you that our 12-week Parent Equipping Cohort: Parents of LGBTQ Kids and Youth is back for the second time on Monday, March 20, 2023 from 6:30-8:30 pm! It will be at Traders Point Northwest... Read More »

“far more abundantly than all that we ask or think”

Wow, can you believe I have not posted in well over a year!!!! As I confessed in some of my later post, much of this has been attributed to “what’s the point”. Today, however, I simply have come to... Read More »

Chris & Michelle – Wedding Highlights

What an incredible day in many aspects. I could not be more proud as a father of this couple. This video is a wonderful testimony of Chris and Michelle’s love for Christ and one another. As one whose watched... Read More »

A moment that will never be forgotten!

Today’s photo is a picture of me wheeling my Dad down the aisle for Chris and Michelle’s wedding (son and daughter-in-law) on June 8, 2019. Some know the story of how Dad fought to be at this wedding and... Read More »

Is there significance in “656”?

As I woke this morning and stepped out on the patio to look at the sunrise, I began to focus on “transitions”.  Beyond the beauty of the sunrise, it represents a transition from night to day or dark to... Read More »

Today’s Mamma Lisa’s Birthday!!!

Yes, friends, it’s Mamma Lisa’s birthday!  I won’t share her age today; however, I will share that this year marks our being together 2/3’s of each of our years on this earth.  Oh, how I could not imagine those... Read More »

Dave Arnold’s 80 years old today!!!!

Today is Dad’s 80th birthday!  Yes, friends, a man known to most in Putnam County (Indiana), my best man in my wedding, and my father is crossing over another milestone today.  Like many crossing such a milestone, 80 years... Read More »