Parenting

On Behalf of All Black Men…

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A few weeks ago, I was riding Obie and Eli in the Walmart buggy while Amanda was grocery shopping.  As I attempted to keep them occupied, we ran into some friends.  The boys started to hand out the high-fives to our friends when an older black man that I did not know came up and insisted on getting high-fives himself and then walked off.

One minute later, he came back and interrupted the conversation by pointing to Eli and asking, “Sir, excuse me, but are you mentoring this young boy?”

Before I got to respond to this funny question as this stranger pointed at my tiny 2-year-old, Eli looked up at me and tried to get my attention by saying, “Daddy?”

This man stated, “I’m sorry, is this boy your son?!”

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My Role in the New Movie Courageous

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Many of you have been following the news of Sherwood Pictures’ next film, Courageous. The talented crew that made such films as Fireproof and Facing the Giants is releasing a new film on the need for fathers to rise up. And I got a role in it. To be clear, they have not called upon my acting abilities.  My face

Sunday’s Prayer Card That Floored Me

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Sunday, we had a time when people could come down to the front in our services and fill out a card that said, “God, if only You could…” and they were to fill in the prayer request. This morning, our staff started going through the huge stack of prayer requests.  When I got the stack from the stage, the one

P.S. Photo Shoot (Happy Father’s Day to Me)

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Tomorrow, I get to celebrate Father’s Day as a father of two special boys.  I could not be more proud to be a father.  Life doesn’t stop when you become a parent, it just enriches so much.  I am blessed beyond belief due to these precious boys! We were so thankful to have Paige Stumbo do a photo shoot of

Book of the Week: Raising Dad

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This week’s book of the week is Raising Dad by Thom S. Rainer and Art Rainer.  I am grateful to Chuck Lawless for recommending this book to me.  Lawless is the dean at the Billy Graham school at Southern Seminary.  His predecessor was Thom Rainer, now the president of LifeWay Christian Resources. In conversations with Dr. Lawless concerning being a

My Son Has Learned to Say “No” (And I Taught Him)

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Thanksgiving holiday was a great week for our family.  Having some days off of work created a lot of family time for us.  While most things were great this week, one addition to Obadiah’s vocabulary changed family morale greatly. Obadiah’s new favorite word is “no” (actually it is “nooooo” because he holds it out long and shakes his head). “Good

Joy to the World (Obie’s Dance Party)

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I decided to try out the pre-mastered version of our Christmas CD on Obadiah the other morning.  You will hear a snippet of the first track, “Joy to the World,” and you will behold my son’s stellar dance moves (at some point, you will still hear audio but the video will freeze, that was around the time Obie tried to

Yes, I Now Own a Minivan, and I’m Proud of It

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Travis Agnew is now the proud owner of a minivan. Julie Houser Gordy, Becky Knight Sutherland, Shonda Tolbert Rapp and 8 others like this. Julie Becky Shonda Kelly Laura Julie Lacy Katie Amy Brittaney See all… Teresa Nicole Dove haha 🙂 Yesterday at 7:40pm · Delete Drenda Sheek I miss mine sooooo much! It got totaled on I-95. It was a great vehicle. Hope

“He Looks Just Like His Dad”

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26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created

Uncle Trav

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I posted some pictures on Facebook and sent some Tweets last week updating everyone on the status of my sister and her baby, but I haven’t had time to post some stuff here.  So… My sister, Tara, and her husband Richard had a precious baby, Harper Elizabeth, who was born on Thursday @ 1:40 in Charlotte.  She was 7 lbs

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