Last week I posted about the “Earthquake of Pain.” In that post I spoke of the various levels of pain we experience with respect to the proximity of the “epicenter”. I am continuing that discussion today, and to some degree or another, in the...
Late last week a friend of the family’s father suddenly passed away at the age of 84. Then, just before (as in the song before) I got up to preach Sunday morning, I found out that a former player of mine (I coach volleyball) had passed away the night before. ...
Sheesh. It’s been a while. It’s also been quite a dizzying few weeks of apparently a few holidays. At one point I wasn’t sure if the next holiday was Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Years. Turns out it was two days ago and we were past...
I’m in church and it’s the last worship song before I preach…this past Sunday. We are singing Amazing Grace/My Chains Are Gone. It has happened before and it happened again…boom, the Holy Spirit, God, Intimacy. As the words, “My chains...
Sure…when playing Cranium (a charades challenge) Bella did yell “Photosynthesis” instead of the word, “Bloom.” She did use the term “Metaphorically speaking” in context and accurately a while back. When she was lauding the...
I’ve mentioned it before. I’m just not so sure what we’re supposed to be grieving these days. Oh, I feel the need…the need to grieve (sorry…had to #topgun). I’ve written about how we are at peace with where Trey is and that he is...
