Tick Tock

Tick Tock. Tick Tock.Tick Tock. Tick Tock.Tick Tock. Tick Tock.Tick Tock. Tick Tock. Time passes so slowly when we’re young. We don’t realize it then. Christmas feels forever away. Birthdays take ages to arrive. School years drag on, vacations seem impossibly distant, and everything ahead of us feels stretched out, unhurried. Days are long. Years […]

Chips Fall

Chips fall… There is almost nothing you can do about it. You can’t control outcomes.You can’t decide how people will respond.You can’t make life land neatly where you hoped it would. You can do the right thing.You can also do the wrong thing—and yes, that can influence where the chips fall.But even then, the truth […]

Thanksgiving Music Playlist 2025

So here we are — fully into what I like to call the Thanksgiving Season. About thirty years ago, I started something small that’s turned into one of my favorite traditions: a Thanksgiving Playlist. At the time, my only goal was to make sure Christmas music didn’t completely take over November. It felt like Thanksgiving deserved its […]

Life Changing Moments

I’ve had plenty of life changing moments. The birth of my two children, changing ministries, dealing with hurt from people who either knew better or didn’t care what they were doing to me, and unexpected God moments that propelled me into a deeper more meaningful faith. My first life changing moment was when I was […]

It’s the first one without you.

I can’t say I was looking forward to this weekend like I have in years past. You are gone and Father’s Day feels empty. Tonight would have been our traditional get together. We all would have gone to a restaurant of your choice… Chilis Stamey’s BBQ Buffalo Wild Wings. And I would have given you […]

Empty

Life is empty. So empty it feels like death. The world offers this. The world offers that. This gadget will do this. This drink will make you feel that. In the end “it” all comes up so… empty. There is a surface joy that comes when you redo your kitchen, you buy a new car, […]