I’m sitting in the Northern Kentucky Conference Center waiting to be called back to donate blood. It’s part of our KY United Methodist Annual Conference. This year, our Bishop wanted clergy and lay delegates alike to not just sit and absorb the words and messages we were hearing but to[…]
Vision – Get a Life
Nehemiah was is a pretty cool character in the Hebrew Scriptures. Here’s a guy who was a Hebrew that was serving the Persian ruler and heard that his homeland was in disrepair, neglect and was an embarrassment to the people of Yahweh. Scripture says that when Nehemiah heard of the[…]
Preparing…
Joy’s been trying to get me to listen to a CD she downloaded from Itunes about a month ago. Yesterday, I finally put it on my ipod and this morning as the boys and I were on our way to school, we cranked it up. I’ve listened to a LOT[…]
Stretching
I’ve been given a lot of blessings in my life. One of the greatest (outside of my fabulous wife and way cool kids) was to travel to Costa Rica on 3 different occasions. I’ve been to several different countries, though am no world traveler, but there is something about this[…]
Threads – Part 2
We’re spending time right now in a specific passage in the book Acts (2:42-47) and we’re looking at the elements or threads that were a part of the first community of Jesus followers following the Resurrection. These threads were interwoven into an amazing tapestry that has continued to influence and[…]
Charged for a difference
I just got back from Vacation! It was great. Relaxing on the beach, enjoying my kids and my nephews and nieces, spending time with grown ups, seeing UP (which is a blog all in itself), cooking dinner with my wife, eating amazing foods, walks around the golf course and of[…]