Help for Haiti

If you love this logo and want to help the earthquake victims in Haiti, then you need to buy a t-shirt. T-shirts with this logo will be sold for $12 ($3 extra for shipping) and $10 from every sale will go directly to Haitian victims. You can purchase a t-shirt by going to www.ibc-students.org and clicking on the Haiti link. You can also let me know if you want one. This is a great way for us to be the hands and feet of Christ. Many of us will not have the opportunity to go to Haiti and help with the relief efforts, but we can each invest a small amount and together make a HUGE impact, both here and in Haiti. Haiti, you are in our prayers.

A Note from Josh

So in my studies recently for our new sermon series TIME, I came across a statement that said something like, "Our primary responsibility as a Christian is to make the work of Christ our primary responsibility". This made me think in so many ways, I mean most of us think that our "primary responsibility" is to be a good __________________ (fill in the blank) a doctor, a mom, a student, a pastor, but in reality if we call our self a Christian then our first and foremost responsibility is to take the work of Christ and make it our own. That means that we make it the first and foremost thing on our mind, we make it the thing that we strive for even over our jobs, hobbies, sports and academia.

Think about how much our world would change if we took the love of Christ and made it our number one reason for living over all the other idols that we have in our lives. When you read the stories of the disciples and other men and women in the 1st century church you find out that is exactly what they did. They made the redemption story of Christ the first thing on their minds and made the work of Christ their main responsibility. So much so that they even died for it.

How different would your work place or school be if you went in looking for the divine, making the work of Christ more important than a promotion, good grades or popularity?

I believe that until we see the work of Christ as the most important thing in our lives, then our faith will mainly be lived out in a building that we meet in on Sunday and Wednesday nights or (Saturday nights if you are progressive) instead of being lived out all around us changing and rocking both our lives and the people that we do life with all around us. May I make His work my work and may you join me in His work and may we see Him do incredible things through His work.

A Season for Sport

In the past few months, we have had the opportunity to attend several sporting events. We kicked off the football season at the UK-U of L game. We only stayed until half time though because we had to get home for the start of the UT game! (have no doubt where our loyalty lies).



The next stop on the road was Knoxville for the UT- South Carolina game. Thanks to my sister Rachel, who is a graduate assistant trainer at USC, for the tickets. It poured the whole game but that didn't stop us from attending the Vol Walk and celebrating a victory. Go Vols! Good luck on your next coaching search.




Our next game was the UT-UK game at Commonwealth Stadium. All six of us (Josh, me, Mom and Dad, Lauren and Brett) sat in the student section, which was an adventure in itself. After a nail-biting game, UT extended the streak to 25!


The final football game for the season was the Papajohns.com bowl in Birmingham. South Carolina got killed by Connecticut and it was really, really cold. It was still fun and our first bowl game!

Out With the Old, In With the New

Happy New Year! As many of us do at the beginning of a new year, we throw out the old and embrace the new. I have decided to discard the old blog and start a new one, with the hopes of being a more faithful blogger. The former blog was giving me a lot of trouble and after trying to fix it, I gave up and decided the best thing to do was to just move on. I have great expectations for this new blog and hope that it will be both informative and entertaining! I promise more updates, more background changes, and more pictures. Please leave plenty of feedback and hold us (I mean me (Ashley), let's face it Josh may write a post once a year or so) accountable. What a better way to usher in a new decade than with a new blog!