I have been involved in customer service for most of my career. The blessing and curse of this is that I can easily recognize when I am on the receiving end of very bad customer service. Such was the case when I had to call a company because I suspected foul play with my account. …
2016 – The Empty Canvas
This morning I woke up to silence. The hoopla of the night was over. Revelry had given way to sleep. It was in some ways disconcerting... The excitement of the new year had turned into "ok, it's here... now what?" I had been speaking with my best friend about seasons, and how it can seem …
A Six Year Old Kid…
I decided to check out my blog today, just to see what was up. In the corner was an icon I hadn't seen before (or it was so long ago, I didn't recognize it). It was a trophy... weird. I clicked on it, and was surprised with a "Happy Anniversary" message from WordPress... Kidstuph was …
Droughts, Drops and “Dearness”..
This has been an interesting week, mentally. A few days ago I was looking back in pictures I took a year ago, showing the effects of the drought on one of my childhood hangouts... My friend and I had gone on a hike, and ended up staring at what at one time was a popular …
A Word In Due Time..
I was reading in I Samuel about Hannah. She really had it hard. Having to share a husband, being tormented daily by the "other wife", and being barren... It just wasn't a good situation. One day she just has to get up and get by herself. She was in front of the temple, crying out to …
God’s Strange Timing..
I am a person that likes to have everything in order, and definitely on time. Delays don't work well for me. I'm sure that delays don't work well for most people. So, when I was reading this week, I was struck by a delay, by none other than Jesus: Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, …
Stepping Forward..
It was a decision I was avoiding... I did everything I could to keep it going, and at the last minute, I thought things were going well... it had all smoothed out, or so I thought... In the end, I was given my options, and after careful consideration, I gave in... I got a new …
A Love Like No Other
Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends – John 15:13 Where Do We Start Actually we are not going to start where you would think. Typically Easter messages pick up from where Good Friday, the death of Jesus left off, and speak of the good news of …
The Things I Learn From Turbulence
I think I fly more than the average bear (for those of you too young to get the reference, go to YouTube and find Yogi Bear... it'll be fun 🙂 ). Whether across the country for work or overseas for missions, I log a lot of miles in the sky. You would think I would …
Walking Through the Veil VII: One Story
to download a pdf copy of this message, click here: You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me. – John 5:39 More To The Story Over the past few weeks we have been looking at the construction of the …