Several weeks ago my friends at Team Buzzplant sent me a copy of the soon-to-be released Selah CD “Hope Of The Broken World” to review. I was immediately drawn to the honest lyrics in each song. It felt very much like listening to a modern day Psalms. Then the song above played. I am secure enough in who I am to admit that I sat at my desk…weeping. Tears flowed [...]
I have been so honored by the words, emails, text and conversations with so many people throughout this process and especially after my post yesterday. The response has been so special. For that I thank you all. Given the unique circumstances and the need to keep the details private for now, I am often asked “what should we pray for” or “how would you like us to pray”. Jokingly, more [...]
On a Saturday in April, my wife and I sat at a little cafe just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. For the second year in a row, we were in Nashville to take part in the Country Music Half Marathon. For the second time in as many years we talked about how we left a small part of our hearts there. It was a perfect day with temperatures in the 80′s and a [...]
When last I posted, “the boy” and his team (The Red Barons) were headed to the end of season tournament on Friday night. They were scheduled to play 2 games (assuming they won) and the Championship game was set for Sunday. They quickly took care of the lower seed team in the first game (15-0) and then the rains came…. So they arrived at the fields this morning knowing in [...]
Last summer “the boy” and I were driving home from one of his baseball games. I could tell by his silence and body language that there were about a thousand places he would rather have been that night. When I asked him about it, he confirmed that he was not enjoying this season or baseball. At that moment we talked about some options for the next summer and made the [...]
On Sunday my son had a double header that, if they won both games, would make them champions of their division. It has been a great ride this summer. As we drove to the games, the song “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away” by Justin Moore came across the radio. In the backseat, I could hear all three of my kids singing along. I had one of those moments when [...]
If you’ve been around the blog long enough you know I love books and I love my kids. So when my friends at Booksneeze offered ”It Couldn’t Just Happen” for review, I have to jump at the chance. I couldn’t wait for it to arrive so my 10 year old could begin reading it. He is very much a “thinker” and likes to educate himself on why things work the way [...]
I’ve often said this since he was born, but my 10 year old son is teaching me as much as I may teach him. There are moments, like last night, when I am amazed that this child could have come from a combination of genes of his mom and I. What I witnessed was a reminder of how our attitude reflects leadership. Last night, The Red Barons faced the only [...]
