More than a feeling

It is hard to put my finger on exactly what I am feeling right now. I am not sure how to describe it or what label to slap on it. What I do know is that every time I pour my heart and soul into something, I get tunnel vision for a season. Everything that […]

Stronger Together

My experience with marriage conferences is pretty limited. I have probably been to a grand total of maybe two in my life time. I will say that I’ve watched countless marriage conferences via video and most of them have a few things in common. The first and most important aspect of these weekends is that […]

Building a Better Marriage: Tool #4 Love at 100%

You’ve heard it said that marriage takes two. Maybe you’ve heard that marriage is a 50/50 partnership. I’ll tell you that unless you’re prepared to give 100% in marriage without the expectation that the other person will give anything, you may not be ready for marriage. Of course when you are looking for someone to […]

Building a Better Marriage: Tool #3 Catching Foxes

A few weeks ago I was super busy. It was a mixture of work, meeting with friends and not to mention everybody in my house, with the exception of me, has the summer off. My kids are hilarious. Even as they get older, the concept that they have the summer off and I still have […]

Building a Better Marriage: Tool #2 It’s a matter of trust

Okay, I admit it. I had grandiose plans to knock out four marriage blogs in four weeks and then…life happened. However, don’t give up on me yet! We will finish this together! Trust me. Speaking of trust, that’s our next topic. If we are talking about essential elements to building a better marriage, trust is […]

Tool #1 – Can you hear me now?

A few weeks ago, we started a conversation about building a better marriage. However, I feel like I need to confess something up front. My marriage is not perfect. Phew! Its like a weight has been lifted off my chest! Don’t get me wrong, my wife is amazing! She is the glue that keeps our […]

5 Tools to Build a Great Marriage

I love weddings! Its true. I know, as a guy you aren’t supposed to admit that. I mean, how many weddings have you been dragged to wondering when the ceremony was going to end and the free food and drinks would start to flow!?? In my defense, these days my perspective is a little different […]

Four Things: Survival during gut wrenching times.

Happy New Year to all of you! I want to level with you. I am so glad to see 2018 go. It was a tough one! My son recently said, “2018 sucked! We lost Pawpaw and we lost Stan Lee!!!” I’m sure you get the Stan Lee reference but let me explain the other one. […]

The Furnace or the Garden

One of my favorite authors to read when it comes to trusting God and experiencing His grace, is Brennan Manning. If you haven’t done so already, do yourself a favor and read two books from him: The Ragamuffin Gospel and Ruthless Trust. Brennan has a very unlikely history from someone you would read “Christian” literature […]

Launching New Blog/Podcast

Hey Guys! In previous posts I have spoken of a new venture that I am launching and it is something that I have dubbed “Mutant School Dropout”. It is a blog and a podcast that centers on nerd culture and entertainment. I am keeping this page to speak deeply into matters regarding faith and Jesus. […]