Speed Trap Town 5/12/2021 - I got another speeding ticket. I don’t drive a fast car. I’m not trying to race. I just hold the opinion that most speed limits are 10-15 miles lower than they should be. As it turns out, no one cares what I think (and they shouldn’t), and every few years, I earn myself a nice hefty fine... Read more
"Hey Google, Tacos Near Me." 5/5/2021 - MDWK Motivation Reader, I didn’t set out to write these words for you. I wrote this in a text (insert saucer-eye emoji) to a friend struggling with fear and anxiety and depression and the constant feeling of not being enough. Maybe you’re like my friend and carry this kind of weight too. Maybe ghosts of your childhood still make you feel like a scared child too. Maybe this is for you too, friend... Read more
Choosing Perseverance 4/28/2021 - We hear of love-at-first-sight with parents meeting their newborns. But we don't have access to the instantaneous love a newborn has for their parents. As someone who grew up without a mother, I considered that such a blessing. She left when I was a little over a year old. I don’t remember wondering if she was coming back. I don’t know if I asked for her. I thought it a mercy that she left before I became too attached and damaged. I considered myself lucky that I didn’t remember... Read more
Fun At The Beach 4/21/2021 - Like a lot of people, I enjoy the beach. Now when I say beach, I’m referring to next to an ocean or sea. Indiana Beach and Lake Michigan, no offense, do not apply here -c’mon. There are few places on the planet where the beauty, power, bigness, and peace of God’s creation unite in one place. There is no mistaking that God’s “eternal power and divine nature” are clearly evident here as scripture attests... Read more
Speak His Truth 4/14/2021 - This past Sunday at church, Josh (our lead minister) said something that stuck with me. “We are called to be counter-cultural.” That’s hard sometimes, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s just easier to go with the flow. God doesn’t call us to an easy life, but to live for Him. For a while now, there are some catch phrases that have made me pause because they are not biblical. One of them is “Speak Your Truth”. Most of the time when I see or hear this phrase, it’s not used in a biblical way. It’s often used in a way that calls attention to our version of the truth... Read more