Why a Ton of Excuses is No Excuse at All
As my wife will readily attest, I am a man of many interests, leading to the start of many projects and endeavors. Often, though, those projects and endeavors are abandoned in an incomplete state. Don’t worry though, I have an excuse. Actually, I have a ton of...
How My Daughter’s Baptism Revealed My Greatest Hope
My second daughter was baptized in March of 2008. The pastor asked my wife and I to pick a scripture we wanted to read for the day. He said it didn’t have to relate to baptism and it could be more about Stella and our hopes for her life. It proved to be a bigger...
Things Don’t Always Go According to Plan, and That’s Okay
I’m a planner by nature. I like to have a set of check boxes with clearly itemized tasks so I can check them off and move onto the next to make fully sure that things are on track to the end goal. That’s my nature. If I were to pigeonhole myself according to...
The Legacy of a Mom Who Raised Men – Honoring my Mother
Imagine a life where you were in constant fear of something. Imagine that being a big part of your legacy! Whether it’s a matter of where you are going to find the money to pay for a tank of gas or whether it is believing the gunman you think is holding your child...
Don’t Carry a Burden of Regrettable Silence
This week isn’t going as planned. This week was supposed to be a staycation where I would put everything into motion for an upcoming book publication. On Saturday morning, I sat down with my cup of coffee at my computer and set about with building out the next couple...
Looking for Lost Treasure? God’s Looking for You!
Chapter 19, verse 10 of Luke says, “For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” It reminds me when I was much younger – when my brother and many of my friends really liked to watch the Indiana Jones movies. They loved the...
5 Ways God Encourages Taking Risks
Whether someone is the type to play it safe or shoot from the hip, they likely end up most regretting those things they DO NOT do. I am one who tends to be a “play it safe” type of guy in most cases. I don’t like surprises. I enjoy the comfort of having a plan and I...
Perspective on Memorial Day & an Oddly Named Street
We have an oddly named street in my community. It’s driven by and on daily by hundreds – perhaps thousands – of motorists who probably don’t give it a second thought. Yes, nestled in the grid of more common names like Dewey and Allison and...
Take Refuge in Manic Drive’s Song to Sing #Praylist
I think many of us can relate to feelings of being directionless, hopeless, aimless, and more or less empty. In our desperate hope, we reach out to God. We call on him and beg for mercy even though we are undeserving of it. We’ve strayed too far and too often from God...
Why Emotional Hoarding Neglects Jesus & How to Fix It
We hear a lot about the hoarding of physical things, but we don’t often consider hoarding in an emotional context. And rarely – if ever – do we consider its relationship to the Cross or Christ’s atonement for our sin nature. In many regards, we harbor a lot of...