Posts by: Mr. King
Trouble in Paradise

Pain in the ash…

By On Monday, May 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment

A group of people from Bloomington/Normal are on a missions trip to the Basque Country with Jon and Bekah Berry. Jon is my excellent counterpart in ministry here with the FCA.

Here is the story of their trip over seas. It’s on a site called

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Introducing…

By On Wednesday, March 3, 2010 · 2 Comments

This is a great day. Kristie and I headed into the hospital at 5:15am this morning. Around 7:15 we headed into the O.R. for Kristie’s 4th C-section. It went really well and at 7:34am Briar Brooks King was born.

She weighed in at 7 lbs 10 oz and measured 19 in long. She’s a cute [...]

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Getting there..

By On Monday, March 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

In January I started eating better and working out. Last week I stepped on the scale to see 306. That’s down 16 lbs from where I started just a few weeks ago. I’m getting there, headed in the right direction. I’ll probably check weight/body fat one more time before I go on hiatus [...]

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Gettin’ Skinny…

By On Monday, February 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Two weeks ago yesterday I started actually doing something about my weight and how I felt. As of today, I’ve lost 10lbs and dropped 4% body fat.
I’m pretty excited about this. I already feel better and I can tell my middle is thinning out.
My buddy Jon [...]

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Getting Healthy

By On Sunday, January 24, 2010 · 2 Comments

It has now been almost 5 years since I have played football, and I’m still at my playing weight. You may think, “Hey, that’s great. You haven’t gained a bunch of extra weight.” The truth is that 322lbs is not a healthy weight for a 31 year old man, husband, and father of 4 (5 [...]

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Rebuilding the walls

By On Friday, October 30, 2009 · 1 Comment

Today I was frustrated. Frustrated that my Bride had a different agenda in mind for my morning that I did. Frustrated that expectations were put on me that I didn’t necessarily know about or agree to.

I was frustrated.

Then I realized, as I talked it out with God on my way to the office, [...]

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It’s good!

By On Friday, October 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

I felt the baby kick for the first time tonight. It never gets old. It’s an amazimg thing, to me, that a little person grows inside of our wives. Amazing!
Oh, in case you didn’t know… Kristie is pregnant again with our fourth. We are due in early March, well….. she is.
We [...]

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New beginnings, Moving on, or Let’s get this thing started!

By On Friday, October 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

As most people now know, I have taken a full-time position with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Bloomington/Normal, IL as of October 1st.
We also just bought a house in Normal. hopefully we’ll close around the beginning of November. Timing will be tricky though, we have several things floating around the weekends end [...]

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Late night/recent goings on…

By On Saturday, July 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Just when I said I was going to post more often, I slack for over a month. Anyway, I’m up late tonight because Kristie is out making Bulk Meals with some girlfriends. This is a HUGE deal for our family. It keeps our freezer full and costs down. Plus, there are some really good meals [...]

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Long time, no post…

By On Friday, May 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Oh man, it’s been a long time since I’ve written on here… months.

So, kids and family are doing well. I’ve been busy with work. We’re trying to make the most of this summer and do things in St. Louis that we haven’t done before.

We’re trying to watch less TV (Tivo is off now) [...]

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Free G1 phone from AndroidTapp.com

By On Wednesday, December 24, 2008 · Leave a Comment

That’s right, AndroidTapp.com is giving away a brand new G1 phone to a randomly selected winner (me) in January. I’m pretty excited about Android and have been following it for quite a while now. I’m a HUGE fan of open source products and use a ton of them on my computers. [...]

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Time keeps on ticking…..

By On Wednesday, December 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Wow… it’s been a few days since my last update. Since then several things have happened…

Caleb had a birthday, Emmry had a birthday, and I got a job! I started working with an energy efficiency management firm this month. It’s going well so far and I’m excited about affecting change in the stewardship of [...]

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