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Happiness is Your Choice. Period.

UncategorizedApril 28, 2016131Views 0Likes 0Comments

There's a man on our street who I know is watching our house, every single day. And even worse, he is constantly leering at our children. Anywhere else this occurred, you'd call the cops on him. But in Florida, you elect him to the Neighborhood Association. Maybe it's because we have teenagers. Anytime my kids park…

God’s Purpose in Your Pain

UncategorizedApril 20, 2016160Views 0Likes 0Comments

It’s after midnight on Sunday evening. Everyone in my neighborhood’s most likely in bed. But me? I’m walking the path around the man-made lake in our subdivision in pitch darkness. Hopefully, everyone else is asleep, because I’m spitting and cussing at God. What’s wrong? Enough that I’m wondering why God thinks I would…

Devil’s in the Details

UncategorizedApril 13, 2016228Views 0Likes 3Comments

When I served as a jail chaplain years ago, I often received requests for specific books from inmates. Mostly they were books on overcoming discouragement or self-improvement books you’d imagine an inmate would need in their position. That’s why a request for scholarly level theological books caught my attention. I was even more…

We’re at #1 in the Kindle Store – THANKS!

UncategorizedMarch 25, 201671Views 0Likes 0Comments

My ebook on parenting HOUSE OF THE LIVING DAD just hit the #1 spot in the "Fatherhood" category for Amazon.com's Kindle books! Thanks to everyone who got a copy or sent one to a friend - you guys are awesome! Get your copy here...

DUMBER Stuff People Say About the BIble

UncategorizedMarch 23, 2016174Views 0Likes 0Comments

Today's a Monday, and especially rough since we had a Super Bowl party at our house last night. I’ve woken up with a terrific headache. …and NO, it’s not a hangover! It was a church party. People don’t wake up hungover and naked after those…usually ;0) Bleary-eyed, I start checking through notifications on…

A Death In the Family

UncategorizedMarch 18, 2016943Views 0Likes 21Comments

My mom has always been a source of gentle humor in our family. A southern woman with naturally blonde hair teased out big, she always sounded like a female version of Hank Hill from the cartoon “King of the Hill”. Over the years, I developed a dead-on impersonation of her, including her infamous whooping crane…

My Sacrifice Fly

UncategorizedMarch 3, 2016146Views 0Likes 1Comment

My congregation loves to make fun of how little I know about sports. “Hey Pastor, it’s baseball season now! How many touchdowns do you think your team will make next game?” Snickering ensues, and I usually play along. “Baseball, huh?” I ask. “Is that the big orangy ball or the brown…

The Walking Way

UncategorizedFebruary 19, 2016117Views 0Likes 0Comments

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I wrote this article years ago as God was preparing me to take a huge leap of faith. Within a few months after writing it, I quit my job and branched out in a new adventure. God spoke to me on my mountains walks with Him, and taught me faith lessons along the…

5 Undeniable, Surprising Ways Christianity Improves Your Life

beliefFebruary 12, 2016230Views 0Likes 0Comments

Feeling a little meaningless right now and want to get in touch with your “spiritual side”? Tried Buddhism, meditation, and everything short of hiking to Tibet? Well, the best answer may be a lot closer than you ever dreamed, within quite familiar wrapping paper… It's Christianity. And it works better than any of the…

“Dear Angry Atheist…”

UncategorizedJanuary 12, 2016970Views 0Likes 23Comments

*Author's Note: I am aware that many atheists are kind, loving people who wish no ill will toward Christians. However, there are indeed some very "angry atheists" who've engaged me quite often on social media. In contrast to those respectful non-believers, these people speak down to people of faith with a stubborn condescension. It is for…

Giving Up on Being Good

beliefJanuary 11, 2016152Views 0Likes 0Comments

Ever try to blow up a raft? Unless you’ve got one of those electric “blow dryer thingies”, you are in for a world of hurt. I remember sitting in the sand, ready to pass out while my preschool daughter jumped up and down, yelling “Daddy, hurry up!” Not what I consider family fun. But then again,…

How I Know He Lives

beliefJanuary 10, 2016313Views 0Likes 7Comments

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,…

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