Nov
07
2017
My sense of the holidays became discombobulated this past week! Perhaps you’ve noticed it also. I mean what’s the appropriate greeting? Trick or Treat, Happy Thanksgiving or Merry Christmas?
My taste buds are equally confused. Should I finish off the...
Oct
30
2017
Meet my friend Summer Cromartie. She along with husband Matt and kiddos Jack & Jesse are the real deal! They are living out the life of Jesus in their Valley Ranch neighborhood via missional rhythms and practices.
Get this, they...
Oct
26
2017
At the age of forty-two I was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer. This year I celebrated my 14th year anniversary of being cancer free. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I am always reminded of my...
Oct
22
2017
Friday I traveled to the small town of Weatherford, Texas to attend the funeral services of William Lloyd Burton Jr.. To my knowledge I never met Mr. Burton who was a school teacher having invested forty years in classrooms...
Oct
20
2017
“We need a renewed emphasis on civic learning in schools. And our young people need positive role models. Bullying and prejudice in our public life sets a national tone, provides permission for cruelty and bigotry, and compromises the moral...
Oct
17
2017
It’s been one of those weeks. One friend posted of an experience of when reading aloud in church Jesus Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), having a parishioner storm out citing “liberal propaganda”.
In addition I also watched a national...
Oct
06
2017
Like clockwork on Friday’s at 7:30 a.m in through the doors walks Mr. Harmon. Always a smile on his face, a kind word, and ready to volunteer as a Grateful Dad!
And what’s a bit ironic (or perhaps even poetic)...
Oct
04
2017
“Why is it that church goers here in Texas are always inviting us to go to their church stuff, but they never want to hang out in the neighborhood and do stuff with us?” This was the question asked...
Oct
01
2017
The number of boys growing up without fathers in their lives has reached epidemic proportions. High rates of divorce and out-of-wedlock births have created a generation of fatherless boys.
The Magnitude of the Epidemic
•One in three children are born to...
Sep
28
2017
“Good men are not born. They are built, shaped and molded during their childhood and adolescent years by the adults in their lives. But what if no man is there to teach him, to be his role model, his guide?”
That’s...
