At the Parsonage

Catagory for Posts about the family, friends and happenings of the Owensby Family.

  • Reading this short work by Andy Davis does not give any kind of revolutionary understanding o f how to memorize Scripture. However, the usefulness  of this small volume comes in the argument that memorizing Scripture is worthwhile effort. As he says, “by saturating our minds with the words of God we best abide in Christ and…

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  • I woke up at 4 AM this morning to come sit in class all day at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. That sounds crazy right! I thought so too, especially as I thought about the hours our family has spent on the road in the past few weeks. It seems even more crazy, when I think…

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  • Seven Prayers We Are Praying After SBC 14

    As my family and I pack our bags to head home to Enoree, SC after SBC 14 in Baltimore, I wanted to share several prayers that we will be praying as we head home. 1. We thank God that our Convention looked a little more this year like we understand heaven will look. From the…

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  • A FEW 2014 RESOLUTIONS

    Before the New Year’s Day comes to a close, and after reading several posts detailing some lofty resolutions, I thought it wise to share a few of my own. For me, making resolutions that I will keep happens only when I think about the next logical steps in my relationships. So I organized this list…

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  • New Arrival

    I apologize for not updating any sooner; it’s been a little busy around here.  As of Sept. 17, we have become a 3 child household meaning Steven and I are officially out-numbered.  Roslyn Elizabeth arrived @ 9:00 on Wed. Sept. 17 and has been a joy ever since.  Her older brother and sister are totally…

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  •      This will be my final post in the On Mission series, mainly because we have already left the field and are at home. Our final day at Lake Pointe was filled with a good deal of odds and ends of finishing the work. We put in the remainder of the trim, cleaned up our…

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  • On Mission – Day 5

         Today our group had the day off. Well I should say that some of our group had the day off. Mr. Ralph and Mr. Bee decided to stay at the church to press ahead on the tasks that needed to be completed. For those of us who took the day off we went to…

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