Apr
01
2020
Good Morning Friends,
Sharon and I wanted to connect with you to let you know how we are weathering this COVID-19 storm and ministering in the midst. We also wanted to check on you to see how you and your...
Dec
02
2019
In life most things worth achieving come with a challenge! Face it, when we have to work for something it just seems a little sweeter. I remember at sixteen buying my first car with money I had earned from...
Sep
19
2019
Happy North Texas Giving Day! On this special day we have the opportunity to bless our communities by investing in the causes that mean the most to us.
At Loving Community, Mentor America and Forge Dallas we pray and work daily...
Aug
26
2019
Sunday was a day of celebrating for us. Celebrating two families we love and do life with in ministry. It was lots of fun — and yet VERY different in almost every way!
Meet the Parsley and Kresge families. Larry...
Aug
22
2019
What would my life be like without my childhood mentors? I entertain that question often, especially in this season when we are inviting others to mentor alongside of us in our Men of Distinction, Boys2Men and Grow Girls mentoring...
Aug
17
2019
It is commonly acknowledged that the hardest thing to do in sports is hit a baseball. Hall of Famer Ted Williams was quoted as saying "I think without question the hardest single thing to do in sports is to hit...
Jul
13
2019
I’ve been mulling over spiritual awakening in my morning meditations this a.m.. How does it arrive? Where does it come from? What awakens our own hearts and the hearts of our neighbors to the ways of Jesus?
Favorite chair, cup...
Jul
05
2019
I confess the mere idea of a “rest break” freaks me out a bit. I mean come on, who will save the world while I’m away! :) Or so goes the quirky and sometimes not so charitable thinking of...
Jul
03
2019
“Perfection. To be perfect. What a marvelous idea! There’s only one problem…we’re not. And when imperfect people aspire to perfection the results can be disastrous…” or so writes Pastor Brian Zahnd. And this is what I am learning.
John Steinbeck’s...
Jun
10
2019
So I did the math. In my 59 years of life I have had eleven people I called Pastor — and gladly so! And from my college days forward (pastor # 2 on the list) I worked and served...
