Every last one of us is on a journey. However, some folks are reluctant to admit "where they are" on their particular pilgrimage. Each of the following blog posts are pulled from my raw and personal journals in hopes that you are encouraged to either start your faith-journey or continue it, led by Someone who offers Himself as a guide.
A chance to breathe on the pages of this journal. Isn’t that how God made us? He wants us to spiritually breathe even in the midst of the hardness of life. I’m taken back to those scary moments when our oldest daughter struggled to breathe physically. Gina and I were told Kayla had the diagnosis […]
In our thirty plus years of marriage I’ve lost track of how many times my wife has commented on the topic of dust. “Where does all of it come from? I just polished the furniture when I cleaned the house yesterday!” It’s ironic we keep asking the same questions while also knowing the answer. Maybe […]
I regret showing Charlotte, our four-year old granddaughter, what to do with an Oreo cookie.
On January 11, 2025 my best friend from college, Joe Grayton, texted me. He wanted suggestions for good devotionals to read. I didn’t respond immediately because, from my perspective, there wasn’t that many to recommend that are relevant to real life that also traverse the reader to an encouraging and convicting spiritual or biblical solution. […]
When someone pays you a compliment due you shudder or respond with a confident thank-you?
So when the sugary high ends the day after Easter and your basket is empty, what does Easter mean to you?
“WHY DO I FEEL SO MISERABLE?” I’ve asked myself that question a time or two.
My radar goes up when I’m watching a movie and the bad guy quotes Psalm 23 as some last-ditch effort. The same applies to listening to a shady priest in a mob story quote the Lord’s Prayer when he knows he’s about to face the consequences of the seedy life he’s lived. People who appear […]
Many of the sleepless nights we experience are loaded with anxious thoughts of impossibilities…
When I drive into a traffic circle, commonly referred to as a roundabout, I am entering at my own risk, because of all the close calls of accidents and impatient drivers I’ve witnessed. When I am in the circle, oncoming traffic tries to break in ahead of my Honda, without waiting their turn. Driving on […]