Commit, Surrender, Walk

I finally have the pull to write publicly again. It has been a long time, over a year, since my last public post. I have missed it, but it was not mine to control. When I have words to write – I write them. When those words are meant for public consumption – I postContinue reading “Commit, Surrender, Walk”

Yes, I Will

This morning, in my quiet time, I started off feeling like a disappointment to God.  I am pretty consistently in the word.  And I listen to more sermons per week than I ever thought was humanly possible, via podcasts, church re-plays, and live in-person preaching.  A constant theme in most of these messages is howContinue reading “Yes, I Will”

Politics Schmolitics

For those of you that know me personally, you know that I have no desire to debate politics with you, unless of course you are my oldest son. If you are my oldest son, I will debate politics with you – because we have very similar beliefs but my number one job as your fatherContinue reading “Politics Schmolitics”

2020 Vision

2020 Vision. Remember that? This time last year we were ramping up to have the best year of our lives. Churches and organizations were adopting 2020 as the year of vision- forward thinking- progressive vision. And then it happened, a series of events that changed our lives or at least the way we live them.Continue reading “2020 Vision”

Peace Comes From Trust

So many times we expect that once we accepted Christ as our savior, life will get easy. We have this unrealistic expectation that walking with Christ will be an easy and smooth path. That our trials and tribulations died on the cross with Him. This is not the Promise. In fact – the Bible warnsContinue reading “Peace Comes From Trust”

The Other Side

To me, one of the most confusing aspects of our world, especially our country, and even in our Church, is the divisive and combative nature of our interactions. It is almost as if we are not allowed to disagree, at least not without despising each other. Sure we all have our opinions. Yes, we allContinue reading “The Other Side”