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 […]
Bigger and Bolder
Vision My 2014 Word of the Year is VISION. I want a clear picture of what I see and God sees for my life. Part of the reason I chose that word was I wanted to dream bigger and bolder. To this point, it’s been more systematic thinking about what it means to have vision […]
It’s all about the WHAT dummy.
2014 Word of the Year My Word of the Year is VISION. With that in mind, I read a book by Andy Stanley called Visioneering in January. Interestingly, I purchased this book for Kia over a year ago. I happened to throw it in my bag packing for a vacation. I only took it out […]
2 Steps to a Celestial Right Jab
Kind of a big deal. A few years ago, Kia and I, along with her family hosted conferences for portrait photographers all around the country. Each year, we would pick a different city – typically a warm weather town during winter – and invite hundreds of photographers to join us. It was a lot of […]
Satan is Frank Underwood
TV eats your brain Sometimes writing is hard. Writing something original is really hard. Watching TV all weekend makes writing really, really hard. This fall, I watched the first season of House of Cards on Netflix. I don’t recommend it. It’s dark. It make’s me feel dirty after watching it. On the other hand, lead […]
7 Reasons You Took the Chicken Exit.
Word of the Year I totally believe in the Word of the Year concept. One word to focus on the entire year, and allow it to work in your mind, soul and spirit. Word of the Year is a new year’s resolution summed up in 1 word. You don’t believe I know some of you […]
How to escape the desert.
The Vision and the Desert. Earlier this week, I posted about how the size of your vision is many times equitable to the length of you stay in the desert (thank you Andy Stanley). I also shared 3 ways to survive the desert: Don’t give up. Die tryin’. Find a companion (or two). I thought […]
The Vision and the Desert
Vision: Word of the Year 2014. Last week, I shared my 2014 Word of the Year. I was so excited when it came to me. It was the exact thing I had been attempting to put into a single word for weeks. VISION. I want to have a clear and distinct VISION for my family, […]
2014 Word of the Year
What’s my word? The past couple of weeks, I’ve attempted to clarify my 2014 Word of the Year. I’ve had a general sense, but I just couldn’t hit on the exact word. That is until Thursday. Kia and I are on a week vacation (sans children!) in sunny California. We are spending plenty of time […]
