Building Bridges with Neighbors – Some Talk About It. Others Do It!

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...

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Cancer Wasn’t On My Calendar – Gratefully Celebrating The Pink This October

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...

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Thanks To This Good Man – I Know This Great Woman

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...

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Got You Covered Mr. President – Men of Distinction and Boys2 Men Kick-Off

“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...

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When Up Is Down And Down Is Up – Merry Christmas and Goodbye Health Insurance

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...

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Friday Faves – “Sweet” Times Volunteering with Mr. Harmon

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)...

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Why WON’T You Be My Neighbor?

“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...

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The Trouble With Boys — So You Want The Bottom Line, Huh?

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...

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Modeling Hard Work and Success – Meet Mentor Larry Casselberry

“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...

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Why I Mentor – Meet DPS Sargent Paul Sigman

In 2002 a tragic accident almost took his life, but now DPS Sargent Paul Sigman has a life he considers much richer. And being a mentor to young boys is part of that life. “No boy ever dreams of joining...

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