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I love socks! While there was a time in young Matthew’s life when I loathed the thought of getting socks as a gift, I am now at the point where socks are some of the greatest gifts ever! Let me clarify, though—I’m not talking about boring old white or black socks. No, we’re talking aboutContinue reading “Jesus Socks”

Society today loves to make excuses. Really, we are all guilty of it at some point or another. Excuses commonly make us feel like we have a way out of whatever situation we may be in. Friends want to hang out when you really don’t want to? “Oh, we already have plans.” Showing up lateContinue reading “Making Excuses”

With my wife, Haley, now being roughly 29 weeks pregnant at the time of this article, things are starting to become much more real in the Hite household! If I am being honest, though, the experience I have had up to the last month or so has been quite different than I expected. One ofContinue reading “Knowing His Voice”

Anyone who has stepped foot in my office can tell you I have a thing for space. While most of the stuff in my office is Star Wars related, my interests are not exclusively sci-fi themed! I have a deep love and fascination for space and spaceflight. I have LEGO models of the Saturn VContinue reading “Knowing God in His Creation”

Perhaps one of the biggest challenges in ministry is getting people involved. Speaking from my own experience as a youth minister, I have found myself many times struggling to get our group to jump in and be involved. These challenges often come from a simple scheduling issue, where the majority of our group have otherContinue reading “The Many Or The Few?”

As a teenager, one of my favorite shows to watch was called “Dangerman: the Incredible Mr. Goodwin.” The show was hosted by Jonathan Goodwin, a British stuntman who often performed his death-defying stunts in front of ordinary people. The show would get your adrenaline high! Many times my friends and I would want to doContinue reading “Poking the Sleeping Bear…Trap”

Turn on the news or plug into your favorite flavor of social media and within seconds you will hear about suffering all around us. There are countries tragically at war. We face a looming recession and economic struggles. The political divide and race relations continue to rage. There was another school shooting in Texas justContinue reading “Faith Should Provide Peace”

The accounts within Daniel 2-4 are often considered some of the most well-known accounts in the entire book. Chapter 2 tells us the events concerning Nebuchadnezzar’s dream that only Daniel could interpret. Chapter 3 details the deliverance of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego from Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace after refusing to worship his golden image. Then, inContinue reading “How A King Sees THE KING”

“This is the way”— such a simple but powerful Mandalorian creed. This short phrase really defines the way of life for a Mandalorian. It is a reminder of their purpose and reason for what they choose to do. Alright, some of you might be really confused. If there’s one thing people learn about me theContinue reading “THIS IS THE WAY”

Yesterday, my dad and I went to space! Okay, so we didn’t ACTUALLY go to space. We didn’t feel the weightlessness of zero gravity or experience the sensation of a rocket launch, but to us—we went to space! A Virtual Reality experience just opened in Houston, enabling people to take a virtual tour of theContinue reading “The View from 254 Miles Up”