I love the 80s. I used to watch the A-Team face a seemingly impossible situation, then everything worked out at the end. I always loved to see "the plan" come together. The challenges in my life aren't quite as straightforward as B.A. and Mad Dog faced. Many times my...
This past weekend was the opening for Avengers: Endgame. I drove from Dallas to Austin to watch it with my son, James. It was everything I hoped for. In spectacular fashion, Marvel completed a franchise of twenty-two films spanning eleven years. They did a fantastic...
This weekend I finished another one of my "I wonder if I could _______" workouts. It doesn't have a name. It took a full three-day weekend to recover from it though. That's kind of how they go. I like to set high goals just to see if I can achieve them. Recent...
The morning's first light crept into the room, but couldn't penetrate the darkness that engulfed John. He realized that he hadn't slept in days. He hadn't eaten either. He didn't care. Could the Passover dinner really have been just a few nights ago? It seemed like a...
The statistics tell the story of the age we live in. The median length of time a person: Owns a home - 9 years. Attends a church - 7 years. Works for a company - 4 years. I am a 12-year guy, whether I am walking down my street, worshipping at church, or sitting in a...
I am surrounded by underachievers. They are smart, talented people who are blessed by God with many gifts. Instead of rising to the full potential the world hopes for them, they remain in the background, unnoticed by the masses, and living unremarkable lives. The...
I went to the same, small school for eleven years growing up. The graduating class averaged eighty to ninety kids each year, and many of us had started first grade together. Although Goodpasture seemed a strange name for a school (or anything except for a farm),...
To take the ADHD test, click on the picture (or follow the link below). Answer 31 yes-no questions and you can score your behavior patterns against "disorder" symptoms. https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-symptoms-test-adults/ It's official. I have ADHD. The internet...
I flew to Chattanooga this past weekend for a family visit. It was my first trip to see my mother since she recently moved into a memory care facility, and I was blessed to spend time with her, my dad, brother, sister, and their various families.It is really...
Beep! Beep! Beep! The coffee maker's alarm awakened Simon, who stretched and rolled out of bed. In the kitchen, he grabbed his coffee mug with one hand and the pot's handle with the other. He reflexively listened to the rising pitch of the pouring liquid as it filled...
Do you have a secret dream? Do you harbor an ambition that you protect from the scrutiny of the outside world, afraid that others wouldn't understand or worse, may laugh if they knew? Are you afraid that if you did speak it out loud that it may seem ridiculous even to...
A storm is coming into my life. I can feel it. Just like you can smell the rain that is about to fall, I can sense the change that is about to happen. When I was a sophomore in college, I lived in North Carrick dormitory. My fifth-floor room faced due west and had an...