Kendrick Vinar

Kendrick Jr.’s 9th Birthday!
Blowing Rock, NC
Reporting to you from the mountains of North Carolina. Today, Kendrick Jr. turned 9 years old. We were disappointed that we could not climb to the top of Grandfather Mountain. Kendrick’s birthday wish was for snow. God answered!
It started snowing real lightly this afternoon. When the sun went down the [...]

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Winter in North Carolina
My kids are ready for winter. Joseph got out his skis, boots, and poles tonight along with ski jacket and bibs. He’s ready to go!

Aliesha is all packed and ready to go to the mountains. We’ll be in Blowing Rock for Thanksgiving weekend. As you can tell, the kids are hoping for [...]

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PF Chang’s opened a store in Durham yesterday. Nana and I went out for the opening night with Brian and Amy Ruff. PF Chang’s is a great restaurant. It was a favorite of ours from Minneapolis.
Nana ordered the Ginger Chicken with Broccoli. That was the winner at our table. The lettuce wraps are a [...]

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Venison in the Freezer
Saturday was the first day of gun season. A 4 point buck came by my stand. He got to about 40 yards. I should have been a little more patient. I shot through some brush and missed him. The buck was startled and then kept coming. He didn’t know where I was. [...]

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Proud Parent Moment
I had the coolest conversation with Kendrick Jr. tonight at bed time. He and Joseph sat in during my sermon this past Sunday. I think they heard Jim Reklis’ promotion of Sam Storms Pleasures Evermore book during announcements. Kendrick also knows it’s one of my favorite books. So he came home and wanted [...]

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On Sunday, Nov. 2nd, the News & Observer ran this article on the pursuit of happiness.
The Pursuit of Happiness by Jon Gertner.
I am always very curious about this topic, because of my belief in Christian Hedonism - that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. A Christian’s [...]

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Long time no blog. I’m back.
My good friend Chad Aleshire and his new “friend in Christ” Stephany came for a visit. We had a great time hanging out here in Chapel Hill. We went to the mountains for two nights. We stayed in Blowing Rock. We went to the top of Grandfather Mountain, had a [...]

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