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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…

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…

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 "…

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…

So just over three months after we left Florida, Hurricane Irma hit our old town of Naples dead on. And they say in comedy “timing’s everything”. Add hurricanes to that too, I guess. I watched on tv this week as my favorite street in downtown Naples got pummeled. Fifth Avenue had been where I’d hang out, drink…

It's weird, that moment when you suddenly realize how others perceive you. It's as if a window opens and you no longer see yourself subjectively - you can now see yourself through the eyes of others. When spiritual issues come up in conversation, I can tell how alien I seem. It's like I'm talking about…

Growing up in a southern Baptist church, every Easter there were two hymns you had to sing…or you probably weren’t really Baptist. One was “Low in the Grave He Lay”. Most people don’t remember it by that title, but by the bouncy chorus that interrupts the sad, mournful verse. After lamenting the crucified Jesus, suddenly…