Welcome! We are all about UNITING people here! Let’s kick it off with a story about the good Samaritan. You all know it. I first remember it with stick figures. Colored by a Sunday School teacher. Attached to pop-cycle sticks. And although I kind of recall thinking more about where the pop-cycles actually went, than the story at […]
What Does It Mean To Be A Man? A Son’s Right of Passage.
We scramble near the suitcases. Going round and round. A few floors down, below the gate. All girls. And his daddy whose son carries his name. Proud. Tiptoeing. Looking. His tall head can’t be found. Internet down. In the thick of Panama. Haven’t talked to him. In some time. And it creeps in. That lie, “Oh […]
A Way of Escape In Hard Times.
“Jesus had a boat constantly ready for Him, because of the crowd, lest they press hard upon Him and crush Him.” ~ Mark 3:9 Ever felt crushed? Ever felt the crowd pressing? People pushing? Circumstances moving closer, toward you….so much so, that at times you feel like you might be trampled? I have read through the […]
The 1 Gift that UNITES the World! LINKY
If you don’t know Rosetta yet, you will. She is the Lavender Hippo I wrote about a few weeks ago. My six-year-old daughter’s new best friend. Today is my seventeen-year-old’s birthday.This morning, I asked my six year old. What would you like to get your sister for her birthday? I just assumed we would go buy something together, […]
20 Do’s and Don’ts For A Lasting Marriage
1. Do. Smile when your spouse walks in the door. (As if they have just come back from a long deployment) 2. Do. Find one thing you & your spouse love to do. Do it. Together. Often. Dating is not over-rated! 3. Do. Give space to those people that weigh your marriage down. (In-laws. Friends. Co-Workers etc) […]