The minutes pass by quickly, the hours sometimes slowly, the days seem long, and the months continue marching on. Each day we wake up again to a new beginning. A new opportunity to live a life in love with Jesus. I was challenged this week to step up, to grow, to be challenged, through leading … Continue reading Wood and Dirt →

We do not get to decide when a season starts or when it ends, that is up to someone else. We do get to decide how we will live our lives while we are in those seasons that seem to drag on far longer than we had hoped. Many people are screaming for this season … Continue reading Pause, Rewind, Play, just kidding, Pause… →

The Horizon - The line at which the earth's surface and the sky appear to meet. As I walk through life there have been many seasons where my focus has been on what I am doing from the day to day. That often looks like work, paying bills, feeding my dogs, the monotonous routine of … Continue reading Looking Toward The Horizon →

I write not from a place of arrival, but rather from a rest stop along the long journey to our final destination. The times of rest and renewal have sustained me along the path. Sacrifice has been a consistent guide post in my life, allow me to explain, as this may not seem to be … Continue reading Reflecting on the Journey… →

In the social circles and society that I have grown up in failure has rarely been viewed in a positive light. In college some of my professors would tell of successful business men who had first gone bankrupt, failed at their first few companies before going on to be successful. This morning my Pastor shared … Continue reading Contemplating Failure →

Many people live their lives for a final destination, a fixed point in life that they hope to arrive at, and then stay, relax, and retire. My life followed this plan in many ways. Growing up, all that I hoped and dreamed and desired was to move far away and become a missionary. I didn't … Continue reading A Journey Of Consistency →

Near the beginning of this year I felt a stirring in my heart, a kind of awakening in my soul. The people close to me would know this, but I am very much about doing things and sometimes about talking. The greatest gift I have been given in life is the ability to figure things … Continue reading A prayer of belonging →

Awakening, defined - an act or moment of becoming suddenly aware of something: the war came as a rude awakening to the hardships of life. - the beginning or rousing of something. A persons life has moments where awakening occurs, yes each morning a person physically wakes up, but internally a spark of thought occurs … Continue reading Awakening →

A young boy was riding his bike home through the alley behind his house, dogs barking and a clicking noise with each turn of the wheels after a long afternoon of adventure. The crew of boys were riding their bikes around the neighborhood after playing hide and seek and tag in the abandoned field. A … Continue reading Imagination and Adventure →

Years ago I had a children's pastor who encouraged us at a Sunday night service to really strive to read the Bible, to focus on the word of God. He encouraged us that there are 31 chapters in the book of Proverbs and if we ever had a time that we didn't know what to … Continue reading Thirty-one →