Post Election Reflection Pt 2

In my last post, I unpacked some thoughts and feelings about the election. It is a little darker than most of my blogs but it was really hard to “bright side” some of the things I’ve seen and heard over the last few months. I guess most of us are attempting to move on from […]

Post Election Reflection Pt 1

Warning: This is longer than I wanted it to be. In fact, I broke it up into two posts because I had so many thoughts on the topic. Disclaimer: The following is written to the Christian community. That doesn’t mean that if you aren’t a part of that community this doesn’t apply to you, but […]

Above All Else

A week ago our church (COSA) held its last Sunday service. If you know me at all, you know that for the last four years, I have poured my energy and heart into this endeavor and even writing that last sentence was painful for me. It is a difficult sentence to write and yet, I […]

I Saw The Signs

One of my favorite Instagram accounts to follow is “Dude with a sign”. I know, it’s old news and many of us have been enjoying the cardboard signs of this Aristotle wearing sunglasses and a t-shirt, but his observations still make me a laugh on days when I really need it. Here are just a […]

I Promise To Be Different!

When I was a young kiddo, my mom gave me a Steve Martin standup record as a gift. Yes, every word of that sentence is true. To be fair, she didn’t know what was on it. Steve Martin was my favorite comedian, starting at age seven or eight. Maybe it was the arrow through the […]

Peace and Unity

The following was an email that I sent out to the congregation of our church. I hope that you find comfort in it. I don’t know about you, but I’m beginning to really dislike the term “unprecedented”. For once, I would love to be living in highly documented, mundane, and predictable times wouldn’t you? It would […]

to seek out new life

Have you ever noticed that most books or movies about the future are pretty…depressing? We are overrun with zombies just trying to survive, fighting off cyborg killing machines bent on human extermination, or we are huddled in our fallout shelters scared to leave for fear of being infected with radiation from the nuclear wasteland that […]

What do you want?

Nothing stops me dead in my tracks like a question that cuts through all the pretense and self-delusion. There are a few questions that I have no problem answering. Paper or plastic? Steak or Tofu? Coffee or tea? (I’m a coffee addict.) Dogs or cats? (My wife and I will answer differently on this one.) […]

Noise and Nothingness

As a kid, I used to read comic books. Okay, I still read comic books. I’m a fifty + year old man that reads comic books. You got me. That doesn’t change the fact that when I was a kid, I read them too. I was a big fan of Batman, Spiderman and the X-men. […]

Loving the “wrong” people

Have you ever fallen in love with the wrong person? I’m guessing everybody reading this, including myself, has. For the record, my wife was the RIGHT person and I am super happy with how all of that has turned out. I want to make that abundantly clear. 🙂 But many of us could tell a […]