[After I spent time reflecting about Thanksgiving, I then shared the following words at a college group bible study on Tuesday, December 1st ( Read more... )

[During a Saturday night service at Living Streams, I gave the following testimony in September regarding my experience at a Men's Retreat]

I have been going to Living Streams for 5 years and each year I have gone to its Men's Retreat.  The only thing that has been missing from the Men's Retreat was The Blob.  For those of you who do not know what ( Read more... )

"We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved these many in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown but we have forgotten God.
We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us and we vainly ( Read more... )

For over the past year, I was in a place of happiness just off the coast of bliss. Memories in such places have welded into my memory without burning them into oblivion by fire. I have been living out and expressing all of the thoughts & feelings that I would normally write here on a regular basis. I am so grateful for the ability to speak my ( Read more... )

While I was alone at work on Thursday night, I called my mom and she told me that this year she has noticed a change in me for the better - Being more aware, empathetic, caring, boundary setting, and mature.

A lot has happened in the past two months, but that has also been the case for the past year as well. I have been far busier living life than ( Read more... )

In the past week, I have been given many challenges and uncertainties. I have conquered all but one thus far ( Read more... )

I had no idea what to expect from this trip to Rocky Point. I had no idea what the people, places, food, or living arrangements were going to be, but I wanted something different this new years and you could say that I decided to start it by putting it all in Gods hands. I could have gotten lost, sick, or hurt, but I didn't.

"What your favorite ( Read more... )

"How can anyone lose who chooses to become a Christian? If, when he dies, there turns out to be no God and his faith was in vain, he has lost nothing-in fact, he has been happier in life than his non-believing friends. If, however, there is a God and a heaven and hell, then he has gained heaven and his skeptical friends will have lost everything in ( Read more... )

I will distance myself from things that could make me weaker or exploit my vunerability, and embrace those that make me stronger.

One year ago, I started to realize the things that needed to change about my life ( Read more... )

As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. - Proverbs 27:17By the grace of God, this weekend renewed so many positive aspects of my life. I got so much out of the entire experience, that it was put on my heart to try to give something back to the over 150 men there. Its something I've shared one on one with people and sometimes small ( Read more... )