I’ve been a fantasy football coach since 1992. One of my best friends on the planet – Mitch Bettis – and I have been in a league together almost every one of the past 17 years. Funny thing is I got married in ‘92 as well. So two great things happened that year. I’ve won [...]

I read this week in Psalm 65 about the designer line that God has unveiled on the runway of the earth:
You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with abundance.
The pastures of the wilderness overflow,
the hills gird themselves with joy,
the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,
the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they shout and sing [...]

Yes, I resemble that remark. I love how the dad chuckles after the son tells him to stop twittering so much.

This particular post has been percolating in my head for a long time. I kept waiting for inspirations of majestic verbiage in order to craft an appropriate entry. I wanted people to read this sublime creation and weep in amazement. Unfortunately, I’ve now decided to simply dash off a few words before a small town [...]

This thing just makes me laugh… Are you a butt dialer?

During Adelyn’s suffering with torticollis earlier this week, I prayed with her and asked the Lord to bring relief and healing to her neck. While talking to Carolyn on the phone during one of her atrocious spasms today, I heard Adelyn scrying (scream-crying) in the background, “Why is God doing this to me???!!!!”
It broke my [...]

Tuesday morning seemed to start off normally at the Nobles – that is, as normal as can be expected for a family who has recently moved to a new town with kids in new schools. Sam was already at school (his starts at 8:00 while Adelyn’s starts at 9:00). Adelyn was up and helping put [...]

I saw this on a fellow Twitterer’s blog and thought it would make for an easy blog entry on Monday…

visited 20 states (40%)
Create your own visited map of The United States.

visited 8 countries (3.55%)
Create your own visited map of The World.

A few weeks ago we got an invitation to a neighborhood block party. We were pretty jazzed up about the opportunity to meet neighbors and share our Arkansas wisdom with all interested parties. Carolyn made a delicious strawberry-ish dessert she calls “dump cake.” It bothers me to call it that, so I opt for the [...]

RT @northstarfamily We joined other churches to give furniture to 193 people from 16 nations, with China (46%) and India (41%) being largest #
Just french-pressed some Mill Mountain Coffee, opened scripture, with cool night air blowing through from window… a little sermon review #
T-minus 30 for worship at Northstar Church today. Theme: a Celebration of [...]

I’m updating my blog feed to be http://feeds.feedburner.com/journeyguy. If you are subscribed in a feed reader to http://feeds.feedburner.com/NotesFromTheTrail, you will need to update the feed to the new location. I think it should do it for you automagically, but check it out, just in case!

When Rex emailed and suggested that we join him and the Cooks for a night in Floyd, Virginia for bluegrass music and Mexican food, I thought of all kinds of sarcastic electronic retorts. Rather than resist the cultural juggernaut that was now rolling toward me, I went with it. Carolyn was excited. I guess I [...]

My mom sent me these in an email, and considering my new location, I thought I’d post them. It might help folks get to know me a little better…
Here are some ways to know if you’re a true Arkansan …if…
1. You can properly pronounce Ouachita.
2. You think people who complain about the heat in their [...]

I first started blogging back in September of 2005. It’s hard to believe that to date, Notes from the Trail has 1273 posts and 4980 comments! It’s been an amazing adventure into relational creativity. Oh, the places we’ve gone! I’ve so enjoyed the discipline and challenge of regular writing. While some of my favorite blogs [...]

Who would have thought my attitude toward AT&T (which was admittedly declining rapidly) could change in a day? Yesterday, I blogged about our less-than-ideal experience with their service here in Blacksburg. It’s been pretty frustrating to be in a rapidly growing urban sector of southwest Virginia and realize we had better cell service in rural [...]