I try to wrap up the end of the year with a blog about books and resources I have read that have been beneficial for my walk with Jesus. I am not sharing these as wholesale endorsements. I am not paid to recommend anything. I find that reading and listening to good books is a…
I am writing from the warmth of a coffee shop, but outside the snow is gently falling. Forecasters are saying that it will stop gently falling and will begin ferociously falling in the next few hours resulting in a real winter for West Michigan. Some people will say “finally!” Others will say, “Go Away!” I…
This blog is not written to make you feel guilty. It is more of a confession that I will let you all in on with the hopes that it moves us all along further down the road to gratitude. So let me state at the outset, that I can be a class A complainer. Within…
Thanksgiving is perhaps my favorite holiday. I’m not a huge fan of turkey, cranberry sauce, or stuffing. Don’t get me wrong, I will still have my share of food on Thanksgiving Day, but the traditional foods are not what I look forward to most. Instead, what I look forward to are a different kind of…
I do very little without intention. Those of you familiar with the Strengthsfinders personality tool may recognize that my combination of input, learner, and ideation means that there is a lot of my life lived in my head. And so it is with utmost intention that I have for years decorated this head with a…
My Facebook wall is so blown up with political comments that I recommend that they start calling it “Politicbook”. Not a lot of faces, just a lot of opinions. And so I will weigh in on one brief spiritual observation that I take as fact and consider to be worth sharing. If you vote in…
7,571 days ago my life was altered. She walked down the aisle. I stood there with a goofy grin. The ceremony went by in a flash. And our lives were tied together. I cannot express in words the grace that has been brought into my life through the gift of a godly wife. She has…
There seems to be some controversy over some professional football player who is refusing to stand for the playing of the nation anthem at the start of his games. I’ve read a couple of articles about it, and from what I understand, Colin Kaepernick is refusing to stand in protest against racism. I will not…
I was born in a small town . . . I grew up in a small town . . . I’m in love with a small town. And there are only a few people who could name all three. I heard a statistic a couple of years ago that I found interesting. Michigan is one…
I have some pretty strong political thoughts and opinions. I have a direction I believe that our nation should go. I have a ton of thoughts about the current economic, social, and political climate in which I live. And I could talk about those things with some passion. I have recently interacted with some of…
My kids have collected Pokemon cards for years. They have played the Nintendo games and we have watched the movies on Netflix. So when Pokemon GO came out, they were certainly going to be interested in this new way to play. A week in and we have had some fun times together as a family…
I have been out on vacation for the past couple of weeks and in that time chaos broke out around the country. I am not suggesting that I was somehow holding things together, but it seems like quirky timing. So while I have been gone I had plenty of chances to read, pray, and contemplate…
