Vices and Loneliness... A Recipe for Death by Kevin Beasley

Rehearsed Insanity by Patrick Kuhlers

Thanksgiving Thought #3: Marriage
A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing. -Joey Adams I love my wife! Not that it’s always been easy or fun… but it’s always been rich! 10 years and counting and I don’t regret a day of it! If you are married, you should be super thankful because no matter how difficult it is, it’s an amazing opportunity to grow in patience, love, forgiveness and kindness. Remember that she’s not perfect… nor are you! It’s often the things that drive us most crazy about our spouse that God uses the most to change us where we need to grow. So be

Thanksgiving Thought #2: Struggles
The frustration… the failure… the disappointment… the rejection… It’s so easy to regret and loath the uncomfortable days on our journey. It’s also easy to forget that those turns along the road brought us to where we find ourselves today! If we can sincerely get past our feeling sorry for ourselves and see life from a bigger perspective, most of us have to admit that we’re better off than most.  That, although it’s been a tough road, it’s been a good one. I, for one, want to be thankful this week for the hard times. I want to embrace the work of God through struggle.

Thanksgiving thought #1: Fatherhood
If you are a father or plan to be and haven’t read S. Truett Cathy’s book on raising boys, it would be well worth your time! Here’s an excerpt… (page 13-15) “Children all around us are growing up without strong positive guidance from their parents, who are busy, distracted, absent, or who choose to be buddies instead of parents to their children.” The United States is the world’s leader in fatherless homes. The results of our actions, according to the Father’s Manifesto: 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless hom

Church: undercover #3… #2 (update)
In Church: undercover #3 I shared with you the story of Manju and Kenny, the Indian couple who broke down in their vehicle in front of our gathering place last week.  They came in to find a full meal and an embracing community of Christ followers.  As I mentioned, Manju invited us to her house to do our meal and have our worship time.  Wel

Church: Undercover #5 (Something about Encouragement)
About a month ago it was one of those beautiful ends of a summer day. The sun was shining, it was just the right temperature to lure you to spend a whole day outside. What was I doing packing? I was loading all of my family’s possessions into the back of a 27’ Penske truck. I was tired…exhausted but full of ho