Alaska 2026: Days 1 & 2 – Travel and Fairbanks (July 13-14, 2026)

July 13, 2026 – Travel Day

This is our family’s second trip to Alaska, and it is a favorite destination for all of us. Back in 2017 we did a two-week trip with Papa, and this time Claudean, Patsy, and Ben are joining us as well.

Flight to Seattle

Today is a travel day, and it started very early with wake-up at 3:30am so we would be ready for our Uber to the airport at 4:30am. Our itinerary was to fly from Nashville to Seattle and then Seattle to Fairbanks with a tight 45-minute connection in between.

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Pleasant View Church of Christ – Herod: A Judean Dynasty

 

Herod: A Judean Dynasty
Pleasant View Church of Christ – Spring / Summer 2026

See below for PDF copies of the slides (and noes) from my periodic Sunday Evening series at Pleasant View Church of Christ called Herod: A Judean Dynasty. Also has links to the YouTube Live Streams from those services where available.

Lesson 1 – Herod the Great (Slides)

Lesson 2 – Herodian Tetrarchy & Herod Archelaus (Slides)

Lesson 3 – Herod Antipas (Slides – Part 1)

Pleasant View Church of Christ – Through the Lens of Faith: A Study of First Corinthians

Through the Lens of Faith: A Study of First Corinthians
Pleasant View Church of Christ – Winter/Spring 2026

See below for PDF copies of the handouts and notes from my Wednesday night class at Pleasant View Church of Christ called Through the Lens of Faith: A Study of First Corinthians

Lesson 1 – Acts 18:1-18, 24-28; 20:1-3

Lesson 2 – Introduction to 1 Corinthians

Lesson 3 – 1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Lesson 4 – 1 Corinthians 1:10-17

Lesson 5 – 1 Corinthians 1:18-31

Lesson 6 – 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

Lesson 7 – 1 Corinthians 3:1-9

Lesson 8 – 1 Corinthians 3:10-17

Lesson 9 – 1 Corinthians 3:18-23

Lesson 10 – 1 Corinthians 4:1-13

Pleasant View Church of Christ – More & More: A Study of First Thessalonians

More & More: A Study of First Thessalonians
Pleasant View Church of Christ – Winter/Spring 2026

See below for PDF copies of the handouts and notes from my Sunday morning sermon series at Pleasant View Church of Christ called More & More: A Study of First Thessalonians

Lesson 1 – Acts 17:1-10 (Handout & Notes)

Lesson 2 – 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 (Handout & Notes)

Lesson 3 – 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 (Handout & Notes)

Lesson 4 – 1 Thessalonians 2:9-16 (Handout & Notes)

Lesson 5 – 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20; 3:1-5 (Handout & Notes)

Lesson 6 – 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13 (Handout and Notes)

Pleasant View Church of Christ – Samson: The Weak Strong Man

 

Samson: The Weak Strong Man
Pleasant View Church of Christ – 2025 / 2026

See below for PDF copies of the handouts and notes from my Wednesday night class at Pleasant View Church of Christ on Samson: The Weak Strong Man

Overview of Judges – Handout & Notes

Lesson 1 – Retrogression (Judges 13:1) – Handout & Notes

Lesson 2 – Revelation (Judges 13:2-25) – Handout & Notes

Lesson 3 – Romance (Judges 14:1-5) – Handout & Notes

Lesson 4 – Rebel (Judges 14:5-9) – Handout & Notes

Lesson 5 – Riddle (Judges 14:10-20) – Handout & Notes

Lesson 6 – Retaliation (Judges 15:1-8) – Handout & Notes

Lesson 7 – Ropes (Judges 15:9-17) – Handout & Notes

Lesson 8 – Revived (Judges 15:18-20) – Handout & Notes

Lesson 9 – Roving (Judges 16:1-3) – Handout & Notes

Lesson 10 – Razor (Judges 16:4-22) – Handout & Notes

Lesson 11 – Revenge (Judges 16:22-31) – Handout & Notes

Sara’s Europe Blog – Day Ten – Kusadasi, Miletus, Ephesus

The day began a bit later than some of the others, which meant that we were able to have breakfast in the main dining room, which was delicious! After this, we met in the Royal Theater to be dismissed into our tour groups for our one day in Turkey.

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Sara’s Europe Blog – Day Nine – Santorini

The day started very early with breakfast in the Windjammer. After this, we met in Studio B, the ship’s ice rink, to be dismissed off the ship and onto our tour buses for the Greek island of Santorini. Unlike other ports, we had to board tender ships to take us from the cruise to the Athinios port, and also unlike other ports, the rest of the island was not accessible on foot from the Athinios port. We boarded a bus which climbed the tall mountain to get us to the rest of the island, which had to make seven hairpin turns as we climbed! Fortunately, our driver was well prepared.

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Sara’s Europe Blog – Day Eight – Day at Sea

Our day began attempting to visit the main dining room for breakfast only to discover that our phones had not adjusted to the time change involved in sailing from Italy to Greece and had woken us up an hour too late to attend breakfast. Breakfast in the Windjammer was still great, though!

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Sara’s Europe Blog – Day Seven – Messina

Our day started slightly later today, meaning that we got to enjoy a nice breakfast in the main dining room. I ordered two delicious chocolate chip pancakes. We then headed back to the room to sunscreen before heading to the Royal Theater to meet up with our tour group for the city of Messina on the island of Sicily.

I was very tired in the theater that morning.
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Sara’s Europe Blog – Day Six – Sorrento, Pompeii

As mentioned previously, the day started very early with a quick breakfast at the Windjammer. After this, we headed to the Royal Theater to meet up with our tour group for the day. After leaving the ship, we headed to our bus and met our tour guide for the day, Valentina.

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Sara’s Europe Blog – Day Five – Michelangelo Statue,  Civitavecchia

The day started early with a delicious breakfast at the same place we went on the day of the Vatican tour. It turns out that in Italy, breakfast is usually just pastries and coffee, so we went back to this restaurant for its American style breakfast. I also got to try Italian hot chocolate, which was SO good!

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Sara’s Europe Blog – Day Four – Bus Tour, Piazza Venezia, Castel Sant’angelo, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain

Today was an absolute whirlwind of amazing architecture and the highlights of Rome! Finding breakfast was a bit difficult; a lot of restaurants are closed on Sundays in Rome. Fortunately, we found a quick bite to eat before heading to the Roma Termini to start our Big Bus tour.

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Italy/Greece 2025: Day 14 – Travel Home (July 16, 2025)

We slept in a bit this morning as we had not planned to try and do anything in Athens before heading to the airport for our flights home.

Team Agee on our flight from Athens to Philadelphia

I awoke a little before 8:00 AM to find that our flight from Athens to Philadelphia had been delayed, leaving us only 40 minutes to make our connecting flight. I knew this would likely mean we would miss our connection unless the second flight was delayed. I spent a few minutes looking at flight schedules and really could not find an alternative that would get us back to Nashville any earlier than tomorrow. We decided to just proceed as planned and then figure it out once we reached Philadelphia if we missed our connection.

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Italy/Greece 2025: Day 13 – Cenchreae, Corinth, Athens (July 15, 2025)

Team Agee at the Panatheniac Stadium

For the final full day of our epic Italy & Greece vacation, we started with alarms around 6:30 AM. Today we had scheduled for a van to pick us up at 8:00 AM for a visit to ancient Corinth, Cenchrae, and other surrounding sites. This ended up being the most jam-packed day of our trip.

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Italy/Greece 2025: Day 12 – Athens (July 14, 2025)

Team Agee at the Parthenon on the Acropolis

Our final morning aboard the Voyager of the Seas began with a wakeup around 6:30 AM at the port in Piraeus, Greece. We got ready and then went to the Windjammer Marketplace for a final buffet breakfast before getting off the ship.

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Italy/Greece 2025: Day 10 – Kusadasi, Miletus, Magnesia, Ephesus (July 12, 2025)

Team Agee at the Library of Celsius in Ephesus

Wow did we pack in a LOT today in western Turkey, and it was amazing! For me, this was right up there with the day we did the Colosseum last week in Rome.

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Sara’s Europe Blog – Day Three – Vatican City, Roman Forum, Colosseum

Today was absolutely packed, but we had so much fun! We started the day with breakfast a few minutes from the Vatican, which was absolutely delicious! After this, we met up with our tour group for our three-hour Vatican tour.

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Italy/Greece 2025: Day 9 – Santorini (July 11, 2025)

Team Agee In Oia, Santorini

It was another very early morning for day 9, with our alarms set before 6am for our arrival to the Greek islands of Santorini on the Aegean Sea. This was the first time in Greece for all of us!

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Italy/Greece 2025: Day 8 – At Sea (July 10, 2025)

Today was a day at sea and we intended to get up around 8:30 AM. The ship’s time moved forward one hour at 2:00 AM and we mistakenly thought our phones would automatically adjust since we were connected to the ship’s WiFi. 

Team Agee in front of the Royal Promenade
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