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My TRADING SPACES Saga

UncategorizedApril 9, 20187Views 0Likes 1Comment

Recently, the former TLC show TRADING SPACES was rebooted with the broadcasting of brand new episodes. In the show, neighbors rehab one room of the other’s house in just a couple of days, on a strict budget. The original run began about the year 2000 and continued in one incarnation or another until 2008. Though…

#thoughtsandprayers

UncategorizedMarch 24, 20185Views 0Likes 0Comments

So when a tragedy strikes, people feel helpless. It’s something I get to see a little too often as a pastor. There are times I feel completely useless praying for a patient’s healing in the hospital, when all indications are they are going to pass away. I visited a pastor in the hospital just a few weeks…

Mr Hawking’s Wild Ride

UncategorizedMarch 14, 201817Views 0Likes 4Comments

Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking passed away at the age of 76. His fascinating life story and battle with a rare form of motor neuron disease is told in the film The Theory of Everything. He was without argument a brilliant scientist, and the world is less fortunate for his passing. But unfortunately, like many scientists, he…

As you think they are…

Social issuesFebruary 20, 20186Views 0Likes 0Comments

The issues are never as black and white as you think they are. The remedies are never as simple as you think they are. Those who disagree with you are never as evil as you think they are. Remember that, next time everyone runs for their respective high horses...

Yes, Jesus Loves Me

UncategorizedFebruary 13, 20184Views 0Likes 0Comments

It's been a good day…a Sunday. I got to preach on Jesus this morning. I love doing that because every time I preach on Him I feel we become more intimately acquainted. The closer I get to Him, the more I want to be like Him and shed all these devices I use (we all use) to…

Lover of Lost Causes

UncategorizedJanuary 18, 20188Views 0Likes 0Comments

I think it's so odd that most of us would agree that the sacrificed life - a life lived for helping others - is the best way to live. Only few of us ever decide to live that way. Sure, there are those few foster parents who take in children, let themselves fall in love with them,…

“Once more, with feeling…”

UncategorizedJanuary 6, 20181View 0Likes 0Comments

When I took vocal classes, my first time singing a song was the toughest. I’d spent the week working on it, but now the nerves kick in. At the end of my struggling rendition, the professor would smile and say: “OK. Once more, with feeling…” Sometimes you have to get past the first…

My FROZEN New Year’s Eve

UncategorizedJanuary 4, 20183Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today is New Years Day 2018. It’s 10:30 am and I’m sitting in my pajamas drinking coffee. And no, I don’t plan to get out of these pajamas any time soon. They are my warm and cozy home for the rest of the day, after quite a wild night out. But it wasn't exactly the kind…

Let It Go

UncategorizedDecember 28, 20172Views 0Likes 0Comments

Some people say, "If you love something, set it free. If it returns, then it's truly yours... ...but if it doesn't return....hunt it down and kill it! Just kidding...sort of. ;0) But as we face the blank palette of a new year, one of the main things we need to embrace is not just the "…

A White Privileged Christmas

belief, Christmas, Social issuesDecember 28, 20172Views 0Likes 0Comments

I’m getting a little concerned for Santa. Truth is, he’s an old timer. Can you say, "OK, Boomer"? His deeds, though well-intentioned, are from another age entirely. And I’m afraid someone will probably take him down pretty soon. A hitman? Most likely not, though I’m not ruling anything out. More likely, it will be a lawyer. Or a soccer…

Surviving a Vampire Attack

UncategorizedDecember 8, 20176Views 0Likes 0Comments

So I just survived a vampire attack. Yeah, who would have thought it? Let’s call her “Helen”. She had met with me once before. It was one of those meetings where the person shows up at a worship service and demands to see the pastor immediately. She doesn’t stop to think he might already have responsibilities that…

Legion

UncategorizedNovember 1, 20172Views 0Likes 0Comments

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I originally wrote this article a couple of years ago, but did not include the name of the inmate because he was still at trial. Finally last week, a judge pronounced sentence against Mesac Damas as punishment for the murder of his wife and children. Since those legal proceedings are over, I'm including…