It's Like Herding Cats

They say Julius Caesar fought a very short war in Turkey and when someone asked him about it, he very uncharacteristically (Caesar li...

  Well, it finally happened. Those of you who know me well will laugh (maybe even out loud) when I write that I cleaned up my office this...

The beast in me is caged by frail and fragile bars. Johnny Cash We watched "Walk the Line" years ago and were moved by th...

I'm sitting in the lobby here at  New Hope Baptist Valparaiso .  In front of me is a bulletin board filled with faces of kids people...

When I looked at this week's Scripture, I knew that all I had to do was get out of God's way and let the Scripture speak. It's a...

These two just met each other. One of the girls was new to us yesterday - a transfer from another school in the district. They are new to...

I know, I know - I haven't been writing as frequently as I once did. To think that this is the same guy who wrote a devotional every day...

It's Sunday! Due to the jumbled and chaotic nature of life since school started and I started teaching, I appreciate the weekends m...

"Some days are diamonds, and some days are stones..." Double heaping serving of the latter please, with sprinkles of bitter d...

Christmas Eve at the Wilson's and the simplicity of the coming of the Prince of Peace is what's on my mind. At New Hope, we don...

The late Vance Havner said "If you do not come apart, you will come apart." I guess that's why teachers get a break a...

Thinking about it this week, joy is what's missing from Christmas for so many. We get so caught up in forcing happiness into what ...

I've been sitting here this rare afternoon in my office at church and reading the Scriptures and listening to Handel's Messiah. Oh...

Advent. It's a season that can get you to examine things you've been covering over and pretending not to notice. I've be...

“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”  ―  Dr. Seuss We...

Our school (Eglin Elementary, on Eglin AFB) had a wonderful Veteran's Day walk Tuesday. The whole school went over to the All Wa...

Everyone knows the opening line... "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." Maybe the reason it sticks in our me...

Touched By Love After the blur of my first week as a full-time teacher, I enjoyed Saturday immensely. Who knew that sleeping until seven ...

Tuesday evening, I spent a couple hours of my life meeting and greeting with some of the forgotten 1% of America. It was open house a...

Well, it's been a long day and I'm about to head to bed, but I wanted to journal some of what I experienced today. - Never under...