Beauty In The Desert

Beauty In The Desert

Angel and I lived in Mesa, Arizona for about five years. At first, we were concerned with living in the desert- the extreme weather and barrenness of winter weighed on us.  But, there is a beauty inside of the desert you experience after spring rains. Some of the most...
Get Up

Get Up

Winter is coming. It’s beginning to get colder here, at least cold for a guy living in the south! This morning I went for a run, so I bundled up to prepare for the weather. For some, winter is a time to hunker down and wait for spring. But if you’re feeling stuck for...
Cleaning Out the Pantry

Cleaning Out the Pantry

Y’all.  I just took an online pantry course.  For real. It was all a part of my master plan.  You see, I am gearing up for the Big Kahuna, the Biggest of the Big organizational projects—my attic. As with all great sagas, my pantry and attic “situation” has a (not...
Hope In The Dark

Hope In The Dark

How is your 2020 actually going versus the way you wanted it to go? This year has been crazy to say the least- almost nothing is going the way we predicted or planned for it to go. I spend a lot of time in prayer before a year starts, and I ask God to give me a word...
Get Off The Sidelines

Get Off The Sidelines

A few weeks ago, I had a really awesome experience. I’m a fan of Texas A & M university, and we beat the University of Florida, one of the top teams in the country. It’s the first time since 2002 that A&M beat a top ranked team at home. I was a...
Crooked Paths

Crooked Paths

About 10 years ago, we went on a vacation where we rented an RV and went up into the mountains and spent time in Colorado. It was amazing. We loved it, and we did a lot of hiking. But there’s one particular hike that we went on that I remember towards the end of...