The Only Thing We Have to Fear is…

The Only Thing We Have to Fear is…

yep… fear itself.  Now, remember that the emotional/relational need we’re focusing on this week is security/peace.  Granted, fear robs you and keeps you from that need but I want to make sure we don’t over focus on the obstacle and not the need. ...
Absolutes and Fears

Absolutes and Fears

I watch a good bit of t.v.  Not too much but Rachel and I can stock up a DVR pretty quickly.  It is sad that when watching a show and then deleting it (or just deleting some shows) provides for me a great sense of accomplishment.  To watch the DVR memory go from 92%...
Booze, Cash, and a Tragedy

Booze, Cash, and a Tragedy

He was staggering but upright.  He had seemed alright but was now flipping out.  Back and forth he rocked the stop sign until it snapped.  He picked it up like a trophy above his head and drove it through a nearby car windshield.  No, this wasn’t Trey after a...
Comfort 201

Comfort 201

August 10, 2011 – We walk into Trey’s room after his surgery.  The surgery went very bad.  We are told that he looks good.  I clarified with the surgeon that he, in fact, looks good in general not just better than he did during the worst of the surgery. ...
Stealing and Fueling

Stealing and Fueling

No, I’m not talking about extreme lawless measures taken during times of high gas prices and rationing.  Rather, who is stealing your love and fueling your hate?  What has happened to you in your past that has hindered your ability to love and pushed you to...
Before you go there…

Before you go there…

Let me be perfectly clear.  I do not like the prototypical/stereotypical/cliche’ post or news story.  I grieve for the poor news guy who has to go out on Black Friday and roam the mall parking lots or the reporter who has to go out and interview the annual polar...