A Word for Young Families: ImPERFECT

There’s a word for young families that are raising young kids and trying to take care of their marriage. You may think that that word is XANAX…or SURVIVAL but the word I’d like to offer young families is better than that and I hope a little freeing. The word is…”IMPERFECT”. Here’s what I mean by […]

3 Reasons Why Becoming a “None” Might Be a Good Choice for You

I remember pretty vividly sitting on the floor, beside my grandmother’s bed in her house without a soul in the room…other than mine of course. I had my black NKJV Bible cracked open to 1 or 2nd Kings. I was reading about an epic battle that Israel was involved in. I remember closing the Bible […]

Not a Cat Person

I would not consider myself a “cat person” and yet I have two cats, my family is currently Jonesing for a third. I’m not sure how this happened. Okay, I do remember. When I married my beautiful wife, Jennifer, a cat came with the deal. I happily accepted. What I didn’t realize at the time […]

Honest Hypocrisy

I’ll be really honest with you, I can’t believe I’m looking at houses right now. Its a long story but after living in the house that we are currently renting, we’ve been told that the owner is coming back and we have to look for a new house. We were pretty shocked initially, mainly because […]

Where there’s fire, let’s make smoke

I hate getting stabbed in the back. Let’s get real, I don’t like getting stabbed in the front either. Getting stabbed in general is not a good thing. I’m speaking metaphorically of course. Now that we’re on the topic, I don’t want to literally get stabbed anywhere. I wanted to make sure I was clear […]

Houston Nine-Nine

When I got my first full time ministry gig it was in Houston. We found a pretty quaint (code for small) and cozy (also code for small) home right off of highway 6 in West Houston. I’ve told quite a few people that we didn’t really live in the hood, but we weren’t far removed […]

Monumental

There are moments in your life that are monumental. You will always remember them. I can remember when I married my beautiful wife Jennifer. I remember sitting at our rehearsal dinner and looking around the room and I distinctly thought to myself, these people will never be in the same room together again. I had […]

Eyes Open

I was heading to church on Easter Sunday morning. It was a pretty typical car ride for a Sunday. I was praying that God would prevent me from screwing up His message that morning and that He would open the eyes to the hearts of the students I was speaking to. The passage for that morning […]

Why People Hate You

Let’s be honest. People hate you. Don’t get me wrong, people hate me too. Its not you its…well sometimes it is you. Let me explain. There are times when people legitimately hate you. There are times when you come off as being judgmental. You may or may not see it. It may not be intentional […]

I SHOULD…

“I should …” This is where all New Year’s resolutions start. There is an absence of something in your life. Somehow you know that you should be doing something that you aren’t doing. You have in your mind the person that you want to be and you haven’t arrived yet. So you start “shoulding” on yourself […]