What's Your Isaac?
Somewhere along the road of this “journey to nowhere” (Charlotte), my good friend and mentor Denny said something I have not forgotten. When we were discussing what all of this could be about, he...
View ArticleI'm A Jerk
I usually keep my Friday posts pretty fun but this one captured me today. I was surfing YouTube for something totally different and got caught up watching clips of “The Jerk”. While this movie was...
View ArticleThe Remedy
What a week it has been. I have always had a rule to leave politics out of my blog. I’m not going to change any of that now. Yet I sit here today with such a mixed bag of emotions. Reading articles and...
View ArticleWhat are YOU waiting for?
I swear this song is haunting me. Then again, it might not be the song, it might be the waiting that is actually haunting me. The song is just incredibly appropriate. I first heard it well over a year...
View ArticleBook Review – The Blind Writer
Stick with me for a minute… About 8 months ago, I started to get this nagging pain in my abdomen and back on the upper left side. It basically appeared over the summer and got progressively worse. One...
View ArticleA Reason To Celebrate!
The service for our friend Stefan Tarapchak yesterday was wonderful. The choir and Allen Lowe did an incredible job of singing songs of praise and hope. I was so proud of Sandi as she delivered a...
View ArticleThree Athletes, One God
I mentioned it before, but “the boy” asks an interesting question rather frequently as we watch sporting events. The question is simple, but often I cannot give a clear answer. His question is this…...
View ArticleI'm Troubled
Friends….I’m troubled. I am troubled by what our country has become and is becoming. Now before you assume I am talking about our current President, read on. While decisions are being made and cynicism...
View ArticleWhat Team We Play For
Since my wife and I moved to the city we call home about 8 years ago, we have had the absolute blessing of some wonderful friendships. Many of these friends attend various other churches on Sunday...
View ArticleWhat You Believe
“You can say what you think, but you will live what you believe” – Mark Hall I flew Southwest Airlines home from Chicago tonight. If you’re familiar with Southwest they have what is called an “open...
View ArticleGive Me Your Eyes
There is no other song that lyrically describes where my head is right now. You might have noted that in posts like this one, this one, and this one. Or maybe here, here and even here. I guess the...
View ArticleIn A Day
I need to apologize for a third straight day of Youtube posting, but this is too rich to not pass along. As I read the continued fallout about the writer of the song “Healer”, I was reminded of the...
View ArticlePrayer
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” Matthew 26:39 “Communion” by...
View ArticleHe’s Not Here!
“You Reign” by MercyMe 4But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. 5As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on...
View ArticleSaturday’s All Pro Dad Day!
Wow…where did March go? A new month must mean that this Saturday is another All Pro Dad day. The topic this month is “Caring for the less fortunate“. We are privileged to have a guest speaker from...
View ArticleCrazy….
“No we’re never gonna survive unless we are a little crazy” – Seal A few weeks ago, I was having lunch with my boss and he said the strangest thing. I don’t even remember the context, but his...
View ArticleFolded Corners
My good friend Denny taught me a trick a few years ago of folding the corner on the pages I wanted to remember. I let my fingers do the walking through those page folds tonight and below are the quotes...
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