Category Love

Vacation Bible School…28 Years of Bliss

28 years ago, my parents asked me to help with something called Vacation Bible School.  We had never been on a family vacation, but I was well-acquainted with the Bible and everyone knew I loved school. Additionally, this Vacation Bible…

Still Fishing, Just in a Different Pond

In July of 2012, I started teaching Sunday School for the Junior High and High School Group at Heritage Bible Church.  And this morning, 14 years later, I taught there for the last time.  So smiling through the tears, I…

“Hey, I Bought Your Book!”

Writing a book results in some hilariously awkward social interactions.  For example, a random person will say, “Hey, I bought your book a while ago!”  At this point, I reach into my Grab Bag of Superficial Small Talk options, which…

Heavy On My Mind, Always in My Heart

My mind may plumb the darkest depths of scientific seas While my heart runs on the trails through forests, hills, and trees My mind takes me on pilgrimages all around the world My heart is wrapped around the finger of…

Sausage and Special Friends at the Sunrise Cafe

I really, really dislike smelling like food. Although my wife will jokingly tell me I “look delicious” from time to time, it’s not normally one of my Life Goals to manifest an aura of hash browns and French toast.  And it’s…

Booger Head

It had been an emotionally draining day at the clinic for my wife.  And ever the empath, my daughter took action and wrote this heartfelt note. As my wife read the note, her eyes began to mist…and then those hints…

What’s Cookin’, Good Lookin’?

Next week my wife and I will be celebrating 13 YEARS OF MARRIAGE!   And in the ongoing effort to “keep that romantic spark alive,” we decided to come up with some fresh variations of the classic phrase, “What’s Cookin’, Good-lookin’?”…

Summer Solstice, Eternal Inferno

It was why Satan was thrown out of Heaven Adam and Eve moved far from Eden The Hamartia of ancient kings The Deadly sin of human beings And now we celebrate Peter’s arrogance before the denial The sin that led…

Proudly Painting Pictures

Being an adult is lame, and I’m pretty bad at it.  Conversely, being a kid is the best! And when you were a little kid, you probably drew some pictures littered with unidentifiable squiggles, a hodgepodge of smeared stippling, and…