As I hung out with members of my church family tonight at the beautiful Mariner’s Church in Orange County, CA, my great friend Sean Smith reminded me that one of my former posts said that I will get back on blogging. I am trying to avoid any such claims anymore when I write, because frankly, [...]
Here for a Reason
For those of you that might not know, I have spent the last 17 years, off and on, in the radio broadcasting industry. The thing about radio that makes it special is you are able to talk to people within your community, whether you are on the air or not, using the broadcast signal. Whether [...]
Live fast, pray hard
I don’t know about you, but 2008 seemed to just fly by. I don’t know where the time went. We live in fast times and one of the things that I really have to work hard at doing is making the time to pray. Although I have prayers all throughout the day at my desk [...]
Who cares what they think
I am always interested when Jesus is teaching and it totally conflicts with our human nature. This came up in my reading this week when Jesus is totally challenging people in Luke. In this case, as read in a couple of the chapters, Jesus is telling us not to care what people think when following [...]
Fear not, you got a shield
In reading Genesis tonight, I found it ironic how we are built to learn by cause and effect, while we must learn to have faith. Let me explain: When we are children, we learn by our actions. Put your hand on the stove, it is going to burn and hurt tremendously. And as we go [...]
Want to get away?
There are a series of Southwest Airlines commercials that are on quite a bit during this time of year when people do really dumb things and then the announcer comes on and says, “Want to get away?”. While I haven’t done something really stupid, this one verse jumped out to me today:
15 But now even more [...]
Going with the Vision
Over the holidays, I have had the opportunity to read quite a bit. Not just books, but blog posts and articles as well. Obviously, it is the start of the new year, so many are writing and talking about where to go. Words like vision, purpose, dream and focus have been top of the list [...]
Washed by the Water
Reading tonight from Genesis 6-8 and Luke 3, I had several things that peaked my interest. I totally dig the stories of Noah and John the Baptist because the are regular guys that are, as is mentioned in Genesis, “walking with God”. Here goes:
7 So theLord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from [...]
Ah yes, the pain…
Tonight the read was from Genesis 3-5 and Luke 2. The theme for the read was “the pain of child birth”. In Genesis 3:16, God says to Eve:
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.”
Ladies, being a man and having been through this process a couple of times, I [...]
In the beginning…
It’s New Year’s Day and following the lead of my beautiful wife who has been cleaning, purging and organizing over her winter break, I started in on my office. You see, I have a cabinet in there that has my TV, printer and speakers on top and on the inside was a years worth of [...]