Archive for April, 2008

An update for this week

Posted on April 29, 2008 at 10:12pm by Micah Fries 2 Comments

I have not blogged nearly as much lately as I would like to. To be honest with you, I haven’t had time. I have been swamped with work and school and as the semester ends next week, I’m going to stay swamped for another week or two. This coming week, however, promises to be an…

Don't waste your pulpit

Posted on April 28, 2008 at 7:18pm by Micah Fries 2 Comments

HT: Timmy Brister

World Malaria Day

Posted on April 24, 2008 at 11:37am by Micah Fries 4 Comments

Most of you are aware that Tracy and I lived in West Africa for a year. During my time there I became deathly ill from Malaria. In fact, at one point the doctor told me I was “about 3 hours away from death”. It was one of the most frightening experiences of my life. Beyond…

My yard is soup

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 9:34pm by Micah Fries 1 Comment

We began having a number of freak thunderstorms today. The worst of it was that the wind was so hard, it uprooted a 30-40′ tree in my backyard. I’ve got to find a way to clean it up tomorrow! Unfortunately we didn’t realize that until it was too dark to take a picture. We did…

Our Papa

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 9:03pm by Micah Fries No Comment

My wife has written a beautiful post about her Grandpa. It made me cry to read it. It is a wonderful statement of love. You would be encouraged, I believe, to read it. Click here

A downward spiral?

Posted on April 23, 2008 at 4:29pm by Micah Fries 8 Comments

New research came out today that highlighted a recent SBC trend away from baptisms. [click here] Oh, we still say that they are important, and we still communicate that we’re an evangelistic denomination, but the truth is that we are not. No, today we are more known for which side of the methodological fences we…