Happy Thanksgiving

Holiday Homecoming Week 2 from Lake Hills Church on Vimeo.

Everyday Thankful

Here's some of the stuff that I'm grateful for RIGHT NOW:

1. Coaching my son's basketball team. Practice starts in an hour, and after years of just "having fun," they're actually starting to actually hoop.
   
2. The new Hank Williams Jr. playlist on my iPod. Bocephus rocks.
   
3. Chilling out watching Life with Julie.
4. People in the last month who've gone out of their way to tell me what God is doing in their lives through LHC.
5. A technology roundtable meeting today with some of our staff to talk about how to communicate with different teams and families within our church.
6. A frosty south Texas morning when the deer are moving and a post-hunt breakfast of coffee and Pop-Tarts with Mike McIntyre.
7. The Family Stories that will be told this weekend at LHC as we continue Holiday Homecoming.
8. Kissing Julie.
9. The twang of a Telecaster.
10. The sound of Emily and Joseph laughing, hollering, and making fun of each other while they clean the kitchen.

Geaux Hornes!

What a Thanksgiving Eve! At 8:27p last night, our entire family was at the hospital as Brayden Matthew Horne made his entry into the world. He was about four weeks ahead of when his LSU Tiger dad Matt & Longhorn mom Ashley thought he'd be arriving.

Ashley joined our church--and the Richard family--as a sophomore in college as an intern at our church and only recently "retired" as my assistant. She was instrumental in keeping me organized and helped me stay focused on what I needed to do and delegate what others should do. She stepped down just last week so she could stay home as a full-time mom.

She and Matt were married two years ago just after Matt had opened his dental practice which is now thriving. They serve as zone leaders for young married Life Groups in our church and are a great example of all that's good about LHC. What a blessing to see their son born to parents who are passionate about Christ and absolutely devoted to each other. It really is all good.

Brayden's birth reminded me how over-the-top grateful I am
*For my bride Julie and our kids Emily & Joseph. God blesses us in ways that I'm not smart enough to ask for.
*For Lake Hills Church and all the people who are LHC. I can't believe I get to do what I get to do.

I hope you and yours have a phenomenal Thanksgiving and take some time to really thank God for his goodness in your life.