Embrace the Future

There is an art to embracing the future. For starters, you can’t be stuck in the past. I know, I’m a genius. For real though. If there is bitterness, self doubt or hurt that keeps you from heading toward a God given goal in your life, you won’t be capable of charting a new course […]

Acceptance

The following paragraphs are an excerpt from a book that I have been writing for a little over a year. The book is called “First Church of the Broken”. I am currently one chapter away from completing my goal of finishing this book!!! I’m pretty jacked about that. This comes from a chapter entitled “MOB […]

Waiting for Star Wars

I vaguely remember sitting in a movie theater in Houston Tx. waiting for the first Star Wars movie “A New Hope” to begin. I was tapping my feet on the sticky, popcorn covered floor of the movie theater while clutching the arm rest of my seat. When the huge block letters began to roll and the […]

Dear Young Adults

Dear Young Adults, As you know, our world is a pretty dark one. There are mass shootings, racial divides, hate filled speech and we are politically polarized on a level that I have never witnessed before. Like I said, dark. Fear pervades our world and it has changed us as a society. The America that we […]

Simple Things

I love Thanksgiving. It is, hands down, my favorite holiday. What’s not to like? There’s family, food and thankfulness. It is pretty simple. Unless you’ve gone off your rocker completely, there are no “thanksgiving gifts” to buy, no “thanksgiving cards” that need to go out with our picture on it and definitely no dude in […]

3 Reasons why Family Camp is a good idea

Okay, it has been a few weeks since I’ve had some breathing room to talk about something that I really wanted to share with you. It is an experience that I had at Laity Lodge Family Camp. I don’t typically endorse organizations but this time, I just can’t help myself. This was one of the […]

Pope Francis and the White House

Man has long since had a fascination with religion and spirituality. For some it is a passing interest. An oddity of sorts. The same interest that you have when you go to the zoo and find an animal that you’ve never heard of or seen before. You want to know where it lives, what its […]

Faith and the Time Space Continuum

If you could travel through time which way would you travel? Forward? Backward? Sideways? I’m not sure that sideways is a valid option but for all of the Sci Fi fanatics out there, of which I am one, maybe it is traveling through an alternate universe. I don’t know, it’s interesting to think about though. […]

Back to School Blues

This year is one for the books. Every back to school season is pretty tough but there are certain ones you will never forget. If your kiddo is starting their senior year in high school, you know what I’m talking about. If your son or daughter started college this year or is going back to college, […]

Letting Off Steam

I have to admit, I did it because I wanted to see a good fight. I know that is pretty red neck of me but I was really curious. Let’s all be honest here, we all like a good fight. When it comes to our next election, I’m sure we’re going to see many. The […]