In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge. -Proverbs 14:26 When God's Word and it's thrust toward discipleship of your family comes into focus, pain immediately sets in. I mean to say it is an urgency. A desperate desire. As a father and husband I am... Continue Reading →
Although I'm not a thief and a dog was NOT chasing me at the time...I recently completed my first marathon. For those of you not familiar with the sport of running, a marathon consists of putting your body through months and months of grueling, torturous training to prepare for a 26.2 mile trek on asphalt.... Continue Reading →
In a world where Contemporary Christian Music is so predictable you can quite literally finish chord progressions and lyrics to a song as you listen to it the first time, there is also the world of Christian Rap. Artists like Lecrae, Trip Lee, Shai Linne and Flame are not only spitting mad rhymes but... Continue Reading →
What is man, that you make so much of him, and that you set your heart on him, Job 7:17 A proper, high view of God completely squashes any and all selfishness in life. Both Job and David (Psalm 8:4) communicate this truth: Who am I? How can a question be a truth? For me,... Continue Reading →
Despite my absence from posting any blog entries for a while, my life has continued. While many things are launched with high expectations and quickly fade, my blog went from mediocre at best to nil at warp speed. My apologies to both my faithful readers (my mom and...me). While you're here... Let's not dis' Valentine's... Continue Reading →
Footballs don't bleed. They may, and probably have, had the blood of a human being on them during the course of a football game. However the life from which the blood came has infinitely more worth than the leather and laces we watch men and boys chase during the fall. In the United States, football... Continue Reading →
Dear blogosphere, It's been too long. So here we go. I was sitting on a very comfortable couch at Starbucks today doing some much needed preparation for a discipleship event at CBC in a few weeks. My Zen Green Tea was ballin'. When I had finished it, the barista hooked me up with more hot... Continue Reading →
This may sound a bit awkward, but one of the great loves in my life is pizza. As a middle schooler I could routinely consume entire large pizzas in one sitting along with a beverage and room for dessert. Also, I'm pretty sure someone never got the green light with this business idea: Anyway, pizza... Continue Reading →
No one likes to think of themselves as normal. If we are truly emulating Christ should we be labeled by others as "normal"? Do you see yourself as a normal person? Do I? Christians as a people should be as normal as a eating, breathing, walking corpse. That's what we are. Absolutely nothing in the Christian... Continue Reading →
(*Pictured above is my favorite type of grass. Dead grass. Because me and dead grass get along great. Because I don't have to mow it. And it's ok with that. Dead grass is my jam.) While running in the summertime you can't help but smell those yards that have just been freshly cut. The aroma... Continue Reading →
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