It's Like Herding Cats

During the first week of school in Okaloosa County, teachers are required to eat lunch with their students in the cafeteria. It's a g...

It's Sunday after church and we're going out to eat. Now being creatures of habit, there's a certain set of restaurants we...

I love this picture! Maybe it's because I have witnessed this two times from the perspective of the man in the background,...

There's no way I can know. No way for most Americans to know. But that doesn't excuse us on Memorial Day. Every year we get...

We finished tired and happy today. No, we didn't win a trophy. But let me tell you what kind of class this is. We fell ...

It's funny how an offhand comment or question can sometimes drive me into periods of really deep thought and reflection. That's r...

Well, it's almost Christmas. The traffic is thicker and our patience is thinner. We're beginning to put one eye on the calendar a...

Christmas time always causes me to rummage around in my closet of memories. If you're like me, you've got stuff in there. For m...

There was a time, back in the days I was writing more, I used to check my blog's statistics often. I'd write a post and ...

It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening "Do it again" to the moon...

Bunny and I spent a few minutes today looking at pictures of the most fascinating person in the world - Aiden Brann Wilson - our gran...

It was 4 years ago today when, on a day gray, dark, and pouring rain, my son and I knelt beside one of the best friends we will ever have...

Politics is not my thing. I run from conversations when I can. I do everything I can to keep the folks I serve at New Hope from going...

I've seen the trailer a dozen times now. Sandra Bullock flies by the shuttle and screaming off into space. I always wonder about mo...

We met tonight in home group to talk about the holiness of God. It was... daunting. We heard a lot from the writings of A.W Tozer. ...

Before I could finish praying, God had answered. I had come to the church to check our food pantry to see what we could cook for our fo...

Great day at New Hope! The frame I was trying to put around the story of Stephen was that of an unsung hero. But now that I think about ...

"Expedition V. Rhinoplasty", "Fractious S. Lineart", "Stargazing F. Propensity" all know my name.  I'll...

"Anyone can be great because anyone can serve." Dr. Martin Luther King There has never been a group of people that I ha...

Laurie Knight passed away last week at 49. She was a longtime resident of Niceville and her family asked me to preach the funeral. I didn...