Here lately, I have been looking at a lot of bad things happening around me.  Don’t get me wrong, a lot of good is happening too…I’m not trapped in some pessimistic worldview.  It made me reflect back on a post I had done for another blog.
Many around me are struggling and suffering right now.  Many [...]

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” -John 1:1
“Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.” -John 4:23

“Jesus answered, ‘I am the [...]

This past week, something monumental happened in the life of my family.  While visiting family, I was allowed to sit at the adult’s table and move from the kids’ table during the Thanksgiving meal.
The kids’ table has been my Thanksgiving meal location for years.  My brother, cousins and I gather around this little folding table [...]

Have you ever had those days where you cannot think on one thing for too long?  You end up staring out the window, clicking your pen fifty-five gazillion times, or surfing the internet and googling your name to see what comes up as response.  I’m having one of those mornings this morning.
It makes it really [...]

I’m sitting at my desk right now enjoying a wonderful square bottle of Fiji water.  My wife got me hooked on this stuff.  They say water should have no taste.  But, this is the BEST tasting water I’ve ever had.  Enough of my Fiji commercial though.
The reason I enjoy bottled water so much is the [...]

The world we live in takes a great toll on our journey at times. This morning, I stumbled across what Mahatma Gandhi considered to be the seven blunders of the world. I encourage you to reflect on the seven blunders. I believe Gandhi’s observations have a lot to teach us in the [...]

This past week in Ashland, Ohio has been quite rough. A young gal died at the local university and many people, some close friends of mine, lost their jobs at different places throughout the town. There seems to be so much pain in the world at times and I begin to question and [...]

I’m sitting in my office right now and I’m surfing some website pertaining to issues of politics, world events, and the like. I’m amazed at how divisive and painfully ignorant our world has become. No one seeks truth…everyone runs on opinions (half-truths at best). To give up and settle on opinion and hearsay is baffling [...]

I believe a parable is a simple story that relays a complex truth.  Our lives should continually be a parable of the inbreaking of God’s kingdom into our world.  In my reflections I journeyed back an experience I had several years back.  In the best way I know how, a story, I’d like to explore [...]

I carry around my cell phone all the time. The daggone thing drives me up the wall at times. People anywhere at anytime can contact you. Furthermore, some create the oppressive expectation that just because I have a cell phone that I should answer at any time a phone call occurs. [...]