When Dreams Die

Why does God allow dreams to die?
I asked Him that a few months ago and thought that I heard Him answer: Because I love you.
Years ago, I used to bring that dream out of my pocket every once in a while, dust it off and look at it, wonder if it would happen.  “God, [...]

Cooling Off

We had trouble with our A/C yesterday, the very same day that the temperature topped out at 102 deg. in our fair city.   By the time I got home from work, our family room thermostat was reading 88 degrees.  Oh, and we had our life group meeting at our house as well.
As my wife headed off [...]

Sand Dollar Day

Last week, I made a quick trip down to Florida for my grandmother’s funeral. I’m glad I went: a good time to see family and say goodbye.
It was interesting though, one day sitting in a cubicle under florescent lights and looking at a computer screen, the next I’m walking on a beautiful beach with my [...]

Touched by Death

Yesterday morning, my grandmother died peacefully in her sleep.  It wasn’t unexpected, but it was too soon. There were still goodbyes left to say.
Death is inconvenient.  It never happens when you’re ready.  I knew that she was going to die soon.  My parents called the night before and said that “she was going through the [...]

Truefaced Talk – The Aftermath

I met with the boys today and showed them the video.  There wasn’t much time to discuss it or talk about afterwards because we were running late.  It is a little hard to judge their reaction, but it seemed to be positive.
I hope that we can talk about this further, because if this because a [...]

Thanksgiving

I know that it may seem trite to write about this topic on such a day as today.  I’m sure that there are bunches of these types of posts, but it is just that there is so much for me to be thankful for.
Our pastor gave a sermon on Thanksgiving last Sunday and one of [...]

Water Trouble

A couple of days ago, we got a door hanger from the water company.  Apparently we were using an excessive amount of water over a short period of time.  I went all around the house looking for a leak, checking toilets, faucets and such.  No leak.  Nothing that could be attributed to a large [...]

Who is REALLY in charge?

The election was last night and I woke up this morning without knowing who was the new Virginia senator.  It seems that the entire makeup of the Senate hinges on this one election.
I was reading in Ephesians this morning (surprise, surprise) and was encouraged by the following passage (my emphasis added):
Eph 1:19-21.  That power is [...]