The Mockingjay Somehow life has gotten flipped around on me. When my kids were young, I was the one who took them to see the movies. Usually it was a movie I could have brought a book to, it was so bad. Never-the-less, I was the one who took the kids to the movies. Kia never […]
Pain & Grace are unmerited favor
Renewed Perspective Monday I had the opportunity to teach a small class at a photography convention hosted in Kansas City. It was great to be back in that world. I met several new friends, and I had the opportunity to re-connect with a few old friends too. Reconnecting with these friends, I was reminded of where […]
Rights die here.
Take your ‘buts’ to the Cross! Like any sub-culture, growing up and attending the same church for 30+ years, you hear some stories. One of my favorite stories from the “old days” happened sometime in the 70’s. The story goes something like this… The old saint, Brother Catron, was preaching a Sunday evening message, and he […]
My Psalm
Meeting daily together… Every Monday through Thursday morning our staff meets at 8:30 to read a passage of scripture, a short devotion and pray together. It’s always a little different, but a couple of weeks ago we didn’t something I’ve never done before. After reading a Psalm written by David, we were challenged to write […]
No one cares.
I’m tired. I prepared to tell you how tired I am. I was going to tell you about daylight savings, getting up early, sick kids, activities and more. I want you to know how tired I am. But I stopped. I stopped because you don’t care. I don’t believe you’re callous. I don’t think you […]
An Artist’s Manifesto (of sorts)
Artist = Loaded with meaning It takes a lot of guts to call yourself an artist. The term artist means something different to everyone. Call yourself an artist and people either immediately agree or call you a fraud. The word artist is polarizing. For some it’s a great thing, but others it’s a joke. You […]
Are you enough?
Measuring up. It’s human nature for us to compare ourselves to one another. As a kid in church I remember listening to people’s unbelievable stories. The stories usually had something to do with drugs or alcohol, members of the opposite sex and tobacco but not necessarily in that order. It was the before and after story. Other […]
ATTACK: The Next Step
That uncomfortable place. A few years ago, Kia and I were walking through a really tough time. It was one of those periods of life when we found ourselves in that uncomfortable place. You know…you’ve been there before. It’s that place in life when you do know what you’re supposed to do. Am I supposed […]
Motorbikes & Music Videos. Information vs Inspiration.
Motorbikes and Music Videos When I was a kid I spent what felt like hours in the car going to and from events and practices and school and errands and relatives and everywhere in between. During these rides in the car, I did a lot of daydreaming too. One of the most vivid daydreams I […]
Plant. Harvest. Repeat.
Plant. Harvest. Repeat. It doesn’t matter who you are, and what you do in life, we all are planting and/or harvesting. It might be in the natural (gardening, investing, teaching, etc) or the in the spiritual. Don’t be misled – you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant. -Galatians […]
