Batter My Heart

Batter my heart, three-person’d God ; for you
As yet but knock ; breathe, shine, and seek to mend ;
That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend
Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like an usurp’d town, to another due,
Labour to admit you, but O, to no end.
Reason, your…

Good Morning Beautiful City

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Mother’s Day and AntiChrists and Creepers

This past Sunday was Mother’s Day. At church we had a special time during the service celebrating our moms, over 25 in total! Though we gave thank you gifts to all of them, special gifts went to specific moms from the group. The special gifts went to the…

Hearing Commanding Army General Francis Wiercinski speaking to chaplains

I’m at an US Army Chaplaincy Annual Sustainment Training right now where almost 200 chaplains are being equipped. It’s been a really phenomenal experience being around these men and women.

Meatballs and Spinach and Mother’s Day

As we’re walking down the street after church I say to Baylee, “Today is Mommy’s day. She gets to pick where we are eating.”

“Ah man, the day she gets to pick she’s going to choose something I don’t want like meatballs and spinach!”

May the 4th Be With You

Today is May the 4th.

May the 4th be with you.

Star Wars day.

Not a national holiday. But it should be. At the very least this is a day for some of us to take pride in our geekyness and revel in the story we…

Some of the best reminders about God

Sometimes the best place to be reminded that God is all knowing is in the midst of a situation…

If it didn’t…

If it didn’t take hard work it wouldn’t be worth building

If it didn’t stretch you it would be a complete waste of energy

If it didn’t make you feel like giving up at times it wouldn’t be worth persevering for

Memorial Day and an old faded tattoo

Memorial Day to me is my grandfather.

Papa served two terms in the Korean war. I remember when I was little finding a box at his house with various mementos from the Army. Money. A knife. Pictures. And I remember the awe that came over me…