How Alive is Your Lord?

How Alive is Your Lord?

Strange question perhaps.  However, as I continue to…well continue with my life as father of a diagnosed terminally ill child (for those of you just joining us I add “diagnosed” because God CAN heal Trey at any time, though He very well may not) I go...
Covering Your Bases

Covering Your Bases

With all due respect to the Pirates finally clinching a winning season this post is not about baseball.  Whereas you must take care of the basics and make sure your bases are all covered in baseball the similarities end there.  During this week of apparent focus on...
Wasted Words…

Wasted Words…

It occurred to me yesterday that there are a lot of wasted words in our world.  I’ve heard quite a few of them lately.  I wanted to share just a few of them with you this morning. A very upstanding young man saw his younger brother fall out of a tree at a family...
When Playing Russian Roulette Becomes Boring…

When Playing Russian Roulette Becomes Boring…

I tried to come up with the least potentially disastrous title for this post.  Too many other things came to mind that very well have  impacted some of you.  So, I figure if you know of someone who has been hurt (or worse) from playing Russian Roulette I incredibly...
Alone, in Fear…or Anger.

Alone, in Fear…or Anger.

I posted last week on being alone.  I spoke of how horrible, common, and historical it is.  I want to share with you today another component of it.  It is very sneaky, insidious, and real.  It affects those at very weak and vulnerable moments in their lives.  It grips...
Date Night!!!

Date Night!!!

Just a quick note this Friday late morning.  Rachel and I have a great opportunity tonight due to the generosity and availability from one Danielle Barron.  She is a former volleyball player and current girlfriend of Trey who is babysitting for us this evening.  Oh,...