The Year of FREEDOM! In 2011 I stumbled on what I now call my Word of the Year project. Basically, I chose one word I wanted to see happen in my life. Then I focused on that word for the entire year. That year changed my life. I chose the word FREEDOM. I dove deep […]
Remember When Life Wasn’t Hard, but We Thought It Was?
Life Happens So Fast! Everyone experiences this. You endure a really difficult season of life. Years pass, and a realization hits – you had no idea what hard was. This was college for me. I thought I didn’t have time. I thought I didn’t have money. I thought I was under constant pressure. I thought […]
Unlocking Doors & Opening Windows
Today’s the Day! I’ve found most people struggle to know how to connect with God, so I created a tool to take the first step down the path of peace of mind and heart. Today I release 30 Steps Toward God. This book features 30 daily devotions – short segments of the bible, my thoughts on that scripture […]
What’s the Worst That Can Happen?
What’s the Worst that Can Happen? I was standing with Kia in our kitchen. It was sometime in 2009. Things weren’t going so well for us financially. Our businesses were suffering. Our personal finances were just as bad – maybe worse. I was looking out the window. That window looked over a few acres of land attached […]
Andrew Matters
We Just Need Jesus. The other morning, while on a work/vacation trip in California, Kia and I walked down to the beach after breakfast. As we sat on the bench watching the waves, a young Asian man stumbled across our way. His name was Andrew. I say stumbled, because he literally stumbled down the stairs in our direction. […]
Wild Beyond Normal
I’m Going Back to Cali. As I write, I’m looking out my hotel room in California. The view is uninspiring, but the sound is unbelievable. In the background, I hear the sound of the Pacific Ocean tide washing in and out. It’s at once soothing and breathtaking. I am by no means a world traveler, […]
Kingdoms at War
Coming soon! I’ve hinted at this for a few months, and I’ve shared it on social media, but I’ll soon be releasing a 30 Day Devotional book. This book will feature 30 daily segments of a short section of Scripture, my thoughts on that scripture and a small prayer. All of it meant to point your […]
Do nothing. Be nothing. Say nothing.
The. Best. Year. Ever. The Golden State Warriors NBA team is all the rage these days. For years they were a championship afterthought. Last year, Golden State won the title, and now they just completed the best regular season of all time. They eclipsed Michael Jordan’s 1996 Bulls team by winning 73 games in one […]
H. E. Double Hockey Sticks.
A Ball of Fire Yesterday I listened to Brian Johnson from Bethel church share a story from early in his marriage. Brian backed into a last minute trip to Brazil for missions work that he didn’t really want to go on. He didn’t want to go, but everything kept pointing him toward Brazil. This place of indecision allowed he and his wife’s imagination […]
Surrounded by Joy | Island in the Streams
The little rental house that could. My last house sat on 5 acres. When we purchased the property nothing was on the 40 acres behind us, but a developer purchased the land to build a neighborhood of condos. This affected me in several ways, but most noticeable was the water flow coming across our land […]
