10 Things I wish I’d known before 20 Years of Age

I did this talk for parents of students I pastor. There are many things I wished I known before I was twenty and here are the top ten.

10 Things I wish I knew when I was 20

1. Education is expensive but potentially a worthy investment if you know what you want in life. A lot of students stumble into universities and pick a degree based on limited knowledge and experience. Picking a degree like picking a tattoo design on a whim off the wall of a tattoo parlor sounds fun but …

Friday Photo: I made a resume for my 16-year-old son

I don’t think it will help him unless his boss has a sense of humor.

Theology Thursday: One of the Best Gifts We we can ever give or receive

One of the best gifts we can ever give or receive is the truth in love. The American Gospel docuseries called Todd White out as a false teacher and his response was saying the film was "demonically inspired". Lately, he has received the the rebuke with humility after much soul searching and "pruning" in his …

A Wonderful Surprise While Mowing Today!

To the person walking your dog by my yard and yeeting the poop bags behind the fence where they couldn’t be seen under the tall grass, I found them today and the mower helped to discover the wonderful surprises inside. While I do commend you for the long tenure of sneakily disposing of your pooches …

Preaching at Abundant Life

I had the privilege of preaching at my church, Abundant Life, this past Sunday. Below is a snippet of the message. Just click the image to play it. Here is a link to the entire message if you want to watch it. The video is of our entire worship service. Feel free to watch the …

Fatherhood Level 105

Not quite what I was looking for but…

What the hey! I’ll take two, please and thank you.

Sacred Memories

I traded hats and took this photo a few years ago with my grandfather. He is a man of God full of faith, has a wonderful sense of humor, and had a mind like a steel trap... before dementia, of which he’s suffered with for quite sometime. He doesn’t know my grandmother anymore, Let alone …

22 of my favorite memories I love about 22 years of being married to Beka.

1. Seeing you in the yellow sweater a few rows in front of me in choir. 2. Falling in love again after a breakup in the spring of 97. 3. Riding back and forth from Springfield to either of our parents houses in the Celica. You let me play my Petra tapes even though I …