So my last post apparently came off a little more depressing than I intended. Blogging makes you vulnerable depending on your subject matter. However, it's a vulnerability I can handle. I blog because it's cathartic to me and I feel led to share. I want to share the hope that I have and that is… Continue reading Why Do I Blog?
Leave It There
I've cried in my sleep the last two nights which is usually an indication that I have been holding my emotions in for too long. I can feel a "melt down" coming. If you've known me from one of my previous churches then you know I can cry ... like for real cry. And it's… Continue reading Leave It There
A Placed Called Home
Over the Easter weekend, I was able to go visit my family in West Tennessee. Ever since my visit I have been thinking about "home" a great deal. The concept of home and the actual location of it. At 32 years of age, the current details that make up my home aren't at all what… Continue reading A Placed Called Home
Have Mercy, Please
This man here, this is my daddy. Yes, I am 32 years old and I still call him daddy. I always will. He's the reason I grew up in the ministry. It's all his fault! I am pretty sure that my mother would have never chosen that route for our family if it had been left to… Continue reading Have Mercy, Please
We See You
We see you ... Yes, you. The two, three, ten, fifteen or more huddled after the service discussing your frustrations about or over our dad. We hear you ... Pick apart his sermon like he needs your critique after spending hours upon hours in the Word of God and on his face seeking the Lord… Continue reading We See You
I Surrender But Not to This
Sixteen years ago today I was at my state's Youth Evangelism Conference in Nashville, TN. I was sitting in the basketball arena of Vanderbilt University when I wrote in the margin my blue leather NIV tabbed Bible next to Proverbs 3, a prayer surrendering my dating life to the Lord. However, it is what's not… Continue reading I Surrender But Not to This
In Everything Give Thanks
My dad has a sermon that he preaches on 1 Thessalonians 5:18 "in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you." The key point in his sermon is that while we aren't always thankful for everything we can be thankful in everything. He typically then shares a personal example of… Continue reading In Everything Give Thanks
A New Home
At the beginning of last year I discovered this brand new world of planner people. It is exactly what you think it is, if you are thinking it sounds like people who are serious about their calendars and planning. These are people who still enjoy the art of writing things down versus entering it into… Continue reading A New Home
Much Needed Change
I have been sensing it for a while, several months even, that a change is coming. There has been a change in the atmosphere around me. While I have an idea of what it is based off of how the Lord has been changing the desires in my heart and my focus, I do not… Continue reading Much Needed Change
Joyful on the Journey 