"He who finds a wife finds what is good
and receives favor from the LORD."
-Proverbs 18:22
Showing posts with label Happy Husband. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Happy Husband. Show all posts
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
She makes me like royalty.
For 31 years now, Heather Joy has made me like royalty. She is my crown.
"A wife of noble character is her husband's crown,
but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones"
(Prov. 12:4 NIV84).
Married June 18, 1994
Picture August 10, 2024
Happy husband always.
Thank you, Ben Schiefer for capturing these golden moments at our son Peter's wedding last August.
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Totally Blessed - 30 Years!
"A wife of noble character is her husband's crown,
but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones"
(Prov. 12:4 NIV84).
I've had 30 years of being crowned by this wonderful woman!
This photo was taken on our sabbatical last year at Stonehenge on our anniversary.
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Happy Husband - 28 Years
For 28 years now, Heather Joy has crowned my head with joy.
"A wife of noble character is her husband's crown,
but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones"
(Prov. 12:4 NIV84).
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| (Good thing she crowns my head with joy because there isn't much hair up there!) Resurrection Sunday 2022 - Photo by Dalton Kristofits |
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| Gentle humor. We're always finding something to chuckle about. |
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| June 18, 1994 |
Engagement Photos circa 1993
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| Photo by Donnie Rosie |
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| Photo by Isaac Mitchell. |
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| October 2017 |
Photo by: Nate Weatherly Photography, Used by Permission
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| June 2020 |
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| October 2020 |
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| February 2020 |
The Happy Husband
Oft, oft, methinks, the while with thee
I breathe, as from the heart, thy dear
And dedicated name, I hear
A promise and a mystery,
A pledge of more than passing life,
Yea, in that very name of wife!
A pulse of love that ne'er can sleep!
A feeling that upbraids the heart
With happiness beyond desert,
That gladness half requests to weep!
Nor bless I not the keener sense
And unalarming turbulence.
Of transient joys, that ask no sting
From jealous fears, or coy denying;
But born beneath Love's brooding wing,
And into tenderness soon dying.
Wheel out their giddy moment, then
Resign the soul to love again;
A more precipitated vein
Of notes that eddy in the flow
Of smoothest song, they come, they go,
And leave their sweeter understrain
Its own sweet self-a love of thee
That seems, yet cannot greater be!
Samuel Taylor Coleridge [poemhunter.com]
Friday, June 18, 2021
"Yes, I do." 27 Years Later
Happy 27th anniversary, Heather Joy! I happily say, "I do" every single day.
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| June 18, 1994 |
Engagement Photos circa 1993
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| Photo by Donnie Rosie |
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| Photo by Isaac Mitchell. |
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| October 2017 |
Photo by: Nate Weatherly Photography, Used by Permission
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| June 2020 |
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| October 2020 |
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| February 2020 |
The Happy Husband
Oft, oft, methinks, the while with thee
I breathe, as from the heart, thy dear
And dedicated name, I hear
A promise and a mystery,
A pledge of more than passing life,
Yea, in that very name of wife!
A pulse of love that ne'er can sleep!
A feeling that upbraids the heart
With happiness beyond desert,
That gladness half requests to weep!
Nor bless I not the keener sense
And unalarming turbulence.
Of transient joys, that ask no sting
From jealous fears, or coy denying;
But born beneath Love's brooding wing,
And into tenderness soon dying.
Wheel out their giddy moment, then
Resign the soul to love again;
A more precipitated vein
Of notes that eddy in the flow
Of smoothest song, they come, they go,
And leave their sweeter understrain
Its own sweet self-a love of thee
That seems, yet cannot greater be!
Samuel Taylor Coleridge [poemhunter.com]
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Far More Than Rubies - 26 Years of Joy
Happy 26th anniversary to my wonderful wife, Heather Joy!
"A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies." Proverbs 31:10
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| Valentines 2020 |
Engagement Photos circa 1993
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| Photo by Isaac Mitchell. |
Photo by: Nate Weatherly Photography, Used by Permission
The Happy Husband
Oft, oft, methinks, the while with thee
I breathe, as from the heart, thy dear
And dedicated name, I hear
A promise and a mystery,
A pledge of more than passing life,
Yea, in that very name of wife!
A pulse of love that ne'er can sleep!
A feeling that upbraids the heart
With happiness beyond desert,
That gladness half requests to weep!
Nor bless I not the keener sense
And unalarming turbulence.
Of transient joys, that ask no sting
From jealous fears, or coy denying;
But born beneath Love's brooding wing,
And into tenderness soon dying.
Wheel out their giddy moment, then
Resign the soul to love again;
A more precipitated vein
Of notes that eddy in the flow
Of smoothest song, they come, they go,
And leave their sweeter understrain
Its own sweet self-a love of thee
That seems, yet cannot greater be!
Samuel Taylor Coleridge [poemhunter.com]
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Wonderful Week Away
Last week, Heather and I had a wonderful time at both the EFCA One conference and our weekend getaway in Chicago to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.
Flat Tire on the Interstate
We almost didn’t make it to either! We hadn’t gotten out of Pennsylvania before we encountered a flat tire. The Lord was gracious, however, and we discovered it at a rest area where the attendant had both an air compressor and directions to a nearby repair shop run by Christians who got our valve stem replaced and us back on the road in about a half an hour!
EFCA One
Our biennial conference of our association of churches was held at Compass Church in Naperville, Illinois, and we got attend it with our friends and fellow LEFC leaders Curtis and Stephanie Quick.
My friends, Michael Wallenmeyer and Greg Strand, have both written excellent spot-on summaries:
Main Takeaways from EFCA One - Michael Wallenmeyer
One Lord, One Faith, One EFCA - Greg StrandI was especially encouraged by how many conference participants were not pastors, and how diverse and young the group was. This is the future of the EFCA and not just our past.
At the center of the conference was the big decision we were making together about changing one word in our doctrinal statement. After a long process of discussion (begun, really, about 15 years ago) and deliberation, the conference made the change with about 4/5 of the delegates voting for it. I had the privilege of “calling the question” to end the debate phase and move into the vote. I am very encouraged by the result.
The conference was about so much more than just that decision, however. The focus was on multiplying disciplemakers, and I felt like there was much momentum building towards our shared mission.
By the way, one thing that Greg does not mention in his write-up is that Trinity International University, our EFCA partner school conferred an honorary doctorate on Greg and also on President Kevin Kompelien at a special banquet at the conference. This honor is well deserved and very appropriate in that exact setting.
It was also wonderful to catch up with everyone. EFCA One is like a big family reunion for a national-level family! Our Allegheny District was especially well represented with a bunch of our churches sending delegates. We are so blessed to belong to this association of churches!
Silver Anniversary at the Drake
Then on the weekend, Heather and I got to celebrate our silver anniversary by staying downtown in Chicago and revisiting our old haunts.
We also visited with some of our friends from back in those Moody and Trinity days, view the campuses of our old schools, tool around the Art Institute and eat some Chicago-style pizza.
It was an idyllic time of giving thanks to the Lord for the blessing of being “us” for all of these years.
But I’m glad we could get away last week amid the hustle and bustle of conference and fun in the big Windy City to get some wider-lens-perspective on ministry, life, and love.
Praise the Lord!
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
25 Years of Joy
Married June 18, 1994
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The Happy Husband
Oft, oft, methinks, the while with thee
I breathe, as from the heart, thy dear
And dedicated name, I hear
A promise and a mystery,
A pledge of more than passing life,
Yea, in that very name of wife!
A pulse of love that ne'er can sleep!
A feeling that upbraids the heart
With happiness beyond desert,
That gladness half requests to weep!
Nor bless I not the keener sense
And unalarming turbulence.
Of transient joys, that ask no sting
From jealous fears, or coy denying;
But born beneath Love's brooding wing,
And into tenderness soon dying.
Wheel out their giddy moment, then
Resign the soul to love again;
A more precipitated vein
Of notes that eddy in the flow
Of smoothest song, they come, they go,
And leave their sweeter understrain
Its own sweet self-a love of thee
That seems, yet cannot greater be!
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge [poemhunter.com]
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Merry Christmas 2018 from the Mitchells!
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| My Father's Day gift this year was a family photo shoot with the talented Ben Schiefer. I'm a blessed man! |
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| "But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD" (Joshua 24:15). |
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| "Act normal." "Okay!" |
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| "The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance" (Psalm 16:6). |
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| "Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in his ways. You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table. Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD" (Psalm 128:1-4). |
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| "Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate" (Psalm 127:3-5). |
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| Cover for an album you don't really want to listen to. |
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| "Praise the LORD, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Praise the LORD" (Psalm 117:1-2). |
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| "Say 'Cheesy!'" |
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| "[Your beauty] should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight" (1 Peter 3:4). |
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| "...and the ransomed of the LORD will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away" (Isaiah 3510). |
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| Teens and Screens 2018. I love these people with all of my heart. |
