I just signed up Camille and Rhett for their first season of baseball. As a guy who grew up on a baseball field, I can not wait to watch them play. My kids know this. I'm not the dad who plans on making my kids love baseball or the interests I have BUT I won't … Continue reading Your Kids Are Watching
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5 Books That Made an Impact
For most of my life I have enjoyed reading. In elementary school I remember wanting to read every Boxcar Children, Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, etc. book I could find. I still enjoy reading. I do not read as often as I would like. Somehow social media, video games, and sports get in the way. However, … Continue reading 5 Books That Made an Impact
What I Like About You…
Ten traits I value in a friend. If you have 1 or have ever thought about having one of these, we can still be friends.
Grace vs. Justice
I came across the video of the Cleveland shooting by accident on Sunday night. Not knowing what I was watching, when the senseless murder took place on my smartphone I wasn't quite sure how to process what I had just viewed. Everything in me hurt. Then when I began reading more into what happened my … Continue reading Grace vs. Justice
12.28
December 28th is always a unique day for our family. Sandwiched between Christmas and New Years, the 28th of December means more to me than most other days. Sure, there is the temptation to skip past it because a new year is coming and that means a "new me". Yes, the post-christmas lag is real and … Continue reading 12.28
A Culture Worth Defending
We have successfully endured the months and months of campaigning for the office of president. President Obama may have been the first president to utilize social media but President-elect Trump (yep.) has taken social media over. I have never enjoyed pictures of food, videos of everything minus politics, and Jaguars fandom as much as I … Continue reading A Culture Worth Defending
Being His Bride In This Political Climate
Politics. Trump. Clinton. #NeverTrump or #NeverClinton. It has been a consuming world, this one we call the American political system. Consuming in all the worst ways imaginable. The rhetoric of our candidates and their campaigns have led much to be desired and many of us with a hint of nausea. It is with no surprise … Continue reading Being His Bride In This Political Climate
Redemptive Suffering
"When we find a redemptive perspective in our suffering, it ceases to be suffering." Victor Frankyl Yesterday, my wife posted a picture of me on Facebook as I was beginning a new course of treatment. It is that post which has even led me to write anything at all about my R.A. Many people expressed … Continue reading Redemptive Suffering
The call for genuine faith.
I remember hearing a story about a man who would walk high wires. High wires acts are something I can not even wrap my mind around seeing as how just the thought of hanging christmas lights outside while standing on a 6 foot ladder leaves my knees shaking. This man was performing on a high wire … Continue reading The call for genuine faith.
This is the Day…
It almost seems impossible that some teenager could go through today with no actual recollection of what took place on 9/11/01. For anyone who can remember it will surely be a day and moment forever etched into our minds for as long as we are capable of remembering. The emotions that swelled up within everyone … Continue reading This is the Day…