Anyone who has spent any real time with me knows that I have had a long relationship with insomnia. I’ve always been a light sleeper and I can remember waking up to noises even back in middle school. In College this waking up became a bigger issue and I started[…]
Living Theology
I’m a music kinda guy. I guess it’s due to growing up in a very musical church and family. Early on I was introduced to all kinds of different styles and genres of music. Add to that singing in choirs, ensembles and playing in the band and what you have[…]
The Push
I had a conversation this past week with some other followers of Jesus and we were sharing about a concern we had about some folks both in and out of our church. Now, I’ve been in conversations like these before, as I’m sure most of us have been, and sadly[…]
Dwelling Place
The Scripture passage I read this morning is not just a great passage, but a pretty great song too. Sadly, I’m not 100% on the reference, but I think it’s from Psalm 84 (you’ll have to excuse me, this post is being intermittently typed and uploaded from Tampa International Airport). […]
Rounded Edges
When I was a growing up, my family would take these epic 2-3 week long family vacations to upstate New York. This was my gramma’s home town area and for 3 days as we drove up from Florida, we’d think of all the family we would see and all the[…]
The Sabbath Difference
I started reading a new book this week, The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath by Senator Joe Lieberman. Picking up this book was probably the last thing I should have done. I’m currently reading several different books for the many different projects that I find myself leading or[…]
Looking around…
I’m a big fan of pretty much all things Disney. I guess it comes from growing up in Mickey Mouse’s backyard. When we had family visit from out of town, we knew that it meant a 90 minute drive was getting ready to happen – Disney World here we come![…]
What my dog and cat teach me about ME
Something amazing just happened to me as I sat down to start my blogging today. This is an extremely rare event for many reasons but one that as soon as it happened my brain kicked into overdrive (or maybe it was my heart that did?). As I sat at my[…]
Being wet…
I read this quote this week: “help me to receive again my baptism, to live wet every day of my life, as a child of your covenant, set apart, scrubbed clean, & forgiven.” I’ve been thinking a lot about the journey of faith and this thing we call “Christianity”. According[…]
Samson and the Spirit
I had planned to teach on the life of Samson this sunday, but I’m redirecting my thoughts on the lives of Saul and David. It’s quite a switch, I know. I’m hoping to look at both of these men’s interaction with Spirit of God and how they interacted with the[…]