this past week my teacher wife and I took a fall break and spent a couple days up in Pigeon Forge. it was our first time to go away just ourselves since we were married just over 3 months ago so it was a lot of fun to be all grown up and on our own outside of Chattanooga....
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so you may have seen a few things here and there with mention of J103 winning the #1 radio station honors in the Chattanooga Times Free Press Best of The Best competition. it's a pretty cool deal and a great honor to have been voted #1 radio station in our area....
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Judge not that ye be not judged.~ KJV Do not judge, or you too will be judged.~NIV Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults— unless, of course, you want the same treatment.~ The Message Matt. 7:1...one of the most overused, misunderstood verses in the Bible IMO. "Judge Not/Don't ...
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woo hoo! back from my honeymoon and vacation and loving being married. it was a beautiful wedding and despite the 104 temperature we kept things cool from the ceremony to the reception. we couldn't really have asked for a better time, and other than not getting to make my way to the ice cream sundae bar nothing went wrong!...
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i'm not always quite convinced that some of my co-workers here aren't government spies. you ever feel like someone's watching you when you're not looking and then turn around and find someone is indeed drilling holes in the back of your head with their gaze?...
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...those words probably come to my mind way too often when i'm driving. i'm not a full on road rager, but i can get pretty condescending and quite the inner-attitude with other people from behind the wheel. it's a weakness to say the least. this week though, our pastor preached on racism and prejudice, an unusual sermon to say the least, but one as Christians we probably don't hear enough....
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do you know the Biblical recount of Ruth? back in those times, according to God's command, after a farmer had plowed his field and reaped his harvest he was to allow the poor people to pick up anything that was leftover. this act was called "gleaning" and through it Ruth was able to feed her family....
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so Switchfoot was in town this past Friday night and rocked Chattanooga effeciently. i got the chance to meet with them just for a little bit and tell them how we started playing their new single "Afterlife" on my Saturday night show Crossroads, but the coolest part was I was able to let them know they inspired my Twitter handle!...
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i posted on our J103 Facebook page a while back the question "why do you think God made us in His image?" It got some cool responses: Timothy Hamby I would say he wanted his children to look like him Tonya Parker Hammontree He already had servants-his angels. He wanted family. Children who would take after their Father! He is amazing! I hope I look like my Daddy! I ...
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i just got back this afternoon from a weekend on top of Mt Leconte. we usually spend a night up there every year around Mother's day, me, my dad and my brother. the past three years my Uncle Mark has been able to go as well which has been fun. if you've never been to Leconte, it's really close to the Townsend and Gatlinburg area up in the Smoky Mountains....
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