I wish… I wish I had come up with my catchy title for today’s post. Unfortunately it wasn’t me. The title comes from Perry Noble. Noble is the lead pastor of a large church in South Carolina and recently wrote the book Overwhelmed about depression and anxiety. He was also one of the featured speakers at The Orange […]
Baggage weighing you down?
Big trash pick up Saturday was big trash pick up in Shawnee, Kansas. Not special news to most people, but it was spectacular for Kia and I. I was amazed, amused and fascinated by the trucks, trailers and minivans full of other people’s junk. I literally sat on my porch for nearly an hour watching […]
Waiting for morning.
What a difference one page makes. The books of Genesis and Exodus are back to back in the Bible. Though they are right next to each other, the end of Genesis could be no different than the beginning of Exodus. Genesis ends with the story of Joseph moving his entire family to Egypt after he […]
Every fear I’ve ever had…just melted into peace.
Happy Easter! As I write it’s Easter evening. You’re reading this, and Easter has passed…maybe by a few hours…maybe by days, weeks or months. Though there are thousands of things I can share, I can’t get away from Easter. It’s said Christmas should be celebrated year round, but Easter truly is celebrated all year long. […]
Calm down. It’s just your purpose.
Stories about purpose make me happy. I don’t know if you saw this, only like a million people did on YouTube, but Pharrell cried on Oprah. First, yes, Oprah is still on TV (I didn’t realize it either). Second, Pharrell is a musical artist who’s been around for a while, but recently his song, “Happy” […]
Happy (day after) Tax Day! Will all be lost?
Death and Taxes… What better way to follow up our national tax day than with this famous passage in Matthew. I hope it’s encouraging for those of who wrote checks to the IRS (my hand is up)! Matthew 22:15-22 NLT Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for […]
A quick look back
4 months and counting Recently, I was stunned when I realized this site has only been live for a little over 4 months – December 4, 2013. I’ve been busy. On top of working my “real” job, helping take care of 4 kids and assist Kia when needed, I’ve written over 50 posts since December. It […]
Biggest Failure = Best Education
A Blaze of Glory As a kid I was a BMX bike riding champ. I was fast. I could do sweet skids. And occasionally I could pull off a sweet bunny hop or endo. All of that made me awesome in my mind. It also gave me some false pride in my abilities. I thought […]
Do you believe?
A few weddings and a funeral I don’t know a lot about the Catholic church. My experience is limited to what I learned in a protestant university and a handful of Catholic weddings I’ve attended. Over the past couple of years though, I’ve had the privilege of attending both a baptism and funeral at a […]
The danger of small stories.
Glory. We all are called to live incredible, great, beautiful stories. We want to live stories where we are seen as beautiful or heroic. We want to live stories where we do things of great meaning and value. We want to live stories where we change not just our lives, but the lives of many. […]
