A Recovering Baptist in South Carolina

Tonight was the first wedding of the season for us down here in Greenville.  Andrew and Megan Minnick were wed tonight at Mount Calvary Baptist Church and it was a beautiful God honoring wedding. This year as we enter the summer months and the many wedding that come in these warmer months, I have a different perspective this year.   Why? For the simple reason that next year I'll be the one up there on the stage vowing to love, honor and cherish the girl God made for me.  (no we are not engaged yet, but I am working on it!)  I no longer look at a wedding as an event that hopefully some day down the road will happen to me too, but it is something that is now on the horizon! If the next 10 months go by as quickly as the past 10 months have gone by I'll be hitched before you know it!  In all seriousness the reality of it is becoming more and more real.  I have finally found the one girl God has for me, the girl who was designed for me and was put on this eart...

I recently wrote an article for my girlfriend's "Ladies in Waiting"  magazine and then revised it for our church's college and career website  "The Road"  The article is longer than a what they normally post on "The Road" so it will be split up into several posts so keep coming back!

   So as my birthday approached this year nothing was really said about anything. A couple days before my birthday I dropped a little hint reminder for Sarah.  I had done something special for her birthday, although it was limited due to the fact that we weren't officially courting yet and I knew she would feel terrible if she forgot mine. She assured be that she indeed had not forgotten my birthday. As Friday neared (my birthday)  I told Sarah that I didn't have to be at work until 2 p.m.  She then asked me what I wanted to do and told her to surprise me.  I must say she did a very good job.  When I got off of work Thursday night Sarah informed be that I was to be at her house at 9 a.m. the next morning.  I promptly five minutes early. After Sarah prepared a sack lunch we departed in her truck headed south on 385.  I was driving but had no idea where we were heading!  After about 45 min of driving we arrived at Musgrove...

Over the past 9+ years Mount Calvary Baptist Church has been seeking God's leading on expanding our current facilities to accommodate our growing congregation.  On October 10th, 2010 we broke ground and this past Sunday evening we finally had our dedication service.  We praise the Lord for his leading and provision throughout this project.  The highlight of the dedication service was the singing of our favorite hymn, Hallelujah for the Cross! You and watch it by  clicking here .  There are also many other resources concerning our building renovation on our church website .  We pray that God will continue to use these new facilities to spread his word in Greenville and around the world!

 What happens when two people fall in love and they know they are going to get married and yet marriage is still over a year away? It's to early for engagement cause you just started dating less than two months ago and yet you want to make this permanent.  What can someone in this situation do?   This was the situation Sarah and I found ourselves in not to long ago.  If you've been here before you know that Sarah and I started courting on Christmas day.  We both entered this relationship certain that we were meant for each other.  That confidence has never wavered even once! We also wanted to make sure the Lord remained at the forefront of our relationship.  Once we officially became boyfriend/girlfriend our relationship took off!  We couldn't wait to see each other (we still can't but we can control ourselves a little better now) and each and every time we were together became more and more special.  I knew that we w...

The search for a Girlfriend began as soon as I started college in 2006. I wasn't however looking for a girlfriend just to have a girlfriend. I was looking for the girl God wanted me to marry, so I wasn't going to be casual about finding the right girl. Over the past five years I've show interest in several girls and always God shut the door. Until I met Sarah Ann Ekberg!  Our story is long so sit back, get comfortable as I share how God has worked in our lives. This is not going to be the complete version as that would be the start of a novel! If you have any questions feel free to comment, but please keep the comments on the blog and not on facebook so that we can keep all the comments in one place.    Sarah and I were in school together in the spring of 2007 at Bob Jones University. We took New Testament Messages together with Nathan Crockett, but I don't remember seeing her. (the class had over 400 students in each session) although she vaguely remembers see...