God’s plan to save you and I wasn’t a last minute ditch effort. It wasn’t drawn up in the sand like some hail-mary to pull out a win at the end. No, the Father’s plan to save you and I was a perfectly planned out event that came to be LONG before the world was even [...]

This morning was Childress’ Old Settler’s parade. The boys and I rode in the parade so we could throw out candy with little VBS invitations on them. As I threw out the candy, I couldn’t help but think about the crazy parade I were in a few years ago …. and the embarrassing thing that [...]

(I was asked by a friend to re-post this, so here you go) I was reading through my journal from a year ago and found a quote that I wrote down that I really like. It’s about the church and our discomfort with people who are different than us. “The church loves blue hair on [...]

It was a good question, one I haven’t thought of like she was asking me. The question, “If God told you one specific thing to pass on to His people that they really needed to hear, what do you think it would be?” Would it be to “straighten up and fly right?” Would it be [...]

Over the last few weeks at Rex Boyles’ blog, the theme has been the Prodigal Son. There have been some powerful post about the prodigal son’s return home, the Father and the older brother. When you get time stop by and check them out. In Phillip Yancey’s book “What’s so Amazing about Grace,” Yancy retells [...]

Monday was the first day of Kindergarten for our youngest son, Cooper. Cooper did really well on his first day. His momma didn’t. That afternoon when I heard the kids out for recess I looked out my office window and searched for Cooper on his first day of school. When I finally spotted him I [...]

Last week I sat in a brand new car. No, it wasn’t mine. The new car smell was intoxicating. The gadgets were amazing. The navigation system was mind boggling. As I sat behind the wheel, the new owner explained all the new and latest gadgets to me. I was in awe. It had safety features [...]

I’d like you to meet Jax (or “Jaxion” if you ask his mom). Jax , is the 11 month old, only son, of our youth minister Nate and his wife, Kristin. Jax likes to talk. In fact Jax likes to talk a lot. He doesn’t really use any words, but he can babble with the [...]

FIRST: I think it would have been better for me if Jesus would have ended the “lost” stories of Luke 15 with the story of the Prodigal Son. Instead he added the “older brother” into the story. When he did, he added me into the story. Ouch. SECOND: I think I need a better understanding [...]