Have I told you how very much we love our church? There is so much to enjoy and appreciate about this community of believers. It all started only two years ago when our main church campus expanded to a location much closer to our house. We have been blessed to watch this location grow very fast… Read More Freely You Have Received, So Freely Give
Earlier this week my (almost) 2.5 year old grandson was at our house and decided he wanted to check out some of the jewelry I have in my stand up jewelry box. Neither his mother or I knew he had discovered it, so when she saw him it was quite a surprise. I’m not sure… Read More Tell the Mountain… How Big Your God Is!
“… if you can fix it with money, don’t worry about it!” There are many times during my life that I have heard my mom say those words. At just the right moment when she was alive as she patiently reminded me of it and even after she went to heaven, I can still hear her and… Read More My Mama Always Said…
For much of my career, I was involved in leading an organization and it’s leaders in a critical strategic planning process that including creating a mission and vision statement. Research, along with hundreds of leadership books will tell you that investing in the creation of a mission and vision provide the pathway and guiding principles… Read More What’s Your ‘Life Verse’?
I grew up in a family that loved baseball. As early as I can remember, our Saturday afternoons were spent eating lunch on TV trays in our living room as we gathered around to watch the baseball game of the week. Growing up in Phoenix, we didn’t have a baseball team back then (or any… Read More My Own “Field of Dreams”
Today is an exciting day, as I get to share with you a new look and a new logo for this blog. But before I do, I have a short story to share about how this came about. Since I started the blog March 1st of this year, I’ve had a vision in my head of… Read More At The Cross Has a (Victorious) New Look!
There’s a commercial running on TV currently that has caught my attention a few times over the past few weeks. Perhaps you’ve seen it? It shows a person describing to the camera what they don’t particularly like about themselves. One guy talks about his face being too round, his checks being to puffy and his… Read More We Are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
In one of my early posts, I mentioned that I have become an avid reader of Karen Kinsbury books. In full disclosure, so much so that I’ve made a list of all of her books and have been on a mission scouring countless used book stores to find all of them. My oldest daughter… Read More Choose Life!
“If today I lose my hope, please remind me that your plans are better than my dream…” How many times have we hoped, dreamed and even prayed that something specific would happen? Please Lord, give me (us) this, or that? If we are honest, it’s probably more times than we admit, or even realize. How… Read More The Radical, Outrageous Blessings of Our God