by Trey O'Brien Greetings from our living room! We enjoyed the Marriage Conference this past weekend and I thought I'd share a vlog in which we're practicing one of the exercises that we learned for better communication. FANOS "is a daily practice for building intimacy": Feeling- this is the emotional "check in" Affirmation- this is intentional affirmation of a chara...
Keep Readingby Trey O'Brien As we heard the allegations against Harvey Weinstein and saw his arrest for heinous crimes of sexual assault on numerous women in Hollywood, we were repulsed. When we heard the guilty verdicts from the Bill Cosby jury trial regarding his accusations of felony sexual assault, we were heart broken that "America's Dad" had been found to be a predator and a ra...
Keep Readingby Trey O'Brien I read Isaiah 6:1-8earlier today. You know. Isaiah has a vision of the Lord sitting on His throne. Clearly Isaiah was't bored with God, right? May I ask the last time you had an Isaiah moment? Can you remember? Me neither.Actually, I've had many moments in which I felt the nearness of the Lord. However, if I'm honest, there have been many more moments in...
Keep ReadingThere is something special that happens when we sit down to enjoy meals together. You've heard the saying: "A family that prays together stays together." Predominantly, where do families pray together? Yep...at mealtime. Often, the best discussions we have all week in our home are at the dinner table (evening meal for those of you who insist on calling it supper). :) We e...
Keep ReadingIs your hair on fire? I think ours is at the O'Brien house. Has the beginning of the school year created a pace of madness unknown to even action director James Cameron himself? Has the chaos bled over into your bedtime routine with your children? May I suggestthis article for two simple bedtime prayers for weary parents? At the end of the day, no matter what has happene...
Keep ReadingDear Friends, Elizabeth and I attended the RUF Reunion in Starkville two weekends ago and were greatly encouraged by the fellowship and worship along with many of our old friends. Many of you know Brian Habig (Sr Pastor at Downtown Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC and former RUF campus minister at MSU) who preached at Grace Presbyterian Starkville on Sunday morning. ...
Keep ReadingJuvenile Delinquent. Track Star. Olympian. Soldier. Prisoner of War. Christian. Instrument of Forgiveness. The life of Louis Zamperini reads like an action-thriller. The page-turning biography, Unbroken, depicts an up and down and up story that has fascinated millions of people across the globe and led to the upcoming movie release (of the same name as the book), which is...
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