Zack on January 3rd, 2012

You probably noticed that we didn’t spent as much time posting to “TheRieslands” in 2011. There are lots of reasons for that — most notably the ones who run around our house in Disney movie-themed pajamas every night. We also spent a good amount of time working on Stephanie’s photography business. But the new year [...]

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Zack on November 9th, 2011

Josiah turned 3 this weekend. Last year, I attempted to write some thoughts to capture how I feel about my son, but I realized it’s just about impossible. So this year, you get 7 minutes of Josiah telling you all about his favorite songs, shows, toys, sports…. oh, and the biggie: does he plan to [...]

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Zack on August 19th, 2011

No… nothing creepy here. The “nightmare” in reference here is Atom’sNightmare. My cousin, Adam (AKA Atom), dove head-first into graphic art a couple of years ago and he’s getting really good. Check out this video he did to capture his creative process: Then go buy a print at the website I build him :0) You [...]

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Zack on June 27th, 2011

Dr. Russ Moore of Southern Seminary came to visit our church this week. He gave what was probably one of the top-five best sermons I’ve ever heard. Carve out an hour and check this out:

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Zack on June 20th, 2011

I put this together for my uncle Jamie’s funeral. Now that they’ve had a memorial for him in California, I figured I’d post it here for anyone interested. We miss you uncle Jamie. Below is the text of the eulogy I gave during his funeral. I would post the video, but I cried a lot [...]

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Zack on April 27th, 2011



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Zack on April 18th, 2011

This is the story about one of the pastors at our church and his son.

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