Poor Ruth

Poor Ruth

Ruth is a vivacious energetic hard working young lady. She works at her parents shop that has been with their family for the past 40 years. She’s in her third year of college majoring in engineering. Unfortunately, like so many others, her world got turned...
The Futility of Self Care

The Futility of Self Care

Yay! It’s 2020! It’s a new year and THIS year is going to be different. Somehow…it’s going to be different. Granted, every month is a new month. Every week is a new week and every day a new day but somehow a new year…well, THAT’S...
Give Us a Shot

Give Us a Shot

Whenever I change the church sign I always have to pass the Rachel test. She is always worried that I might be offending someone. My kids are just about on the opposite side of things wanting me to push the envelope a little. The idea behind this sign was just a...
People Do Change

People Do Change

I was graduating from high school. It was the spring of 1989. I passed my yearbook from friend to friend (and people I kind of knew that handed me theirs). I never wrote trite things like “ttyl” or “kit” but I always tried to say something...
Is it God or the Devil?

Is it God or the Devil?

The projector wasn’t working in the sanctuary.  The freezer in our church kitchen had stopped working…again.  The air conditioning in our cafe’ (9am service location) wasn’t coming on.  Our media team person wasn’t going to show up (ok,...
You Have More…

You Have More…

You saw that correctly.  Bella was in Sunday school and they asked, “How have you come closer to God?”  Her answer was through the death of her grandfather and brother. Trey was diagnosed when Bella was five and died when she was nine.  Two years later...