I had my last cigarette five years ago today. Even now, there are times when I have a craving . And when I do, I remind myself that I am no longer a smoker. That isn’t who I am anymore . Sounds overly simple, doesn’t it? No looking at how…
Category: Discipleship
a la brava
- Posted on
- – 1 Comment on a la brava
I recently had my third visit with Mike, the woodworker who has taken me under his wing in a mentoring relationship. The plan of the day was for him to show me how to build cabinets. We planned out what dimensions would make sense in his shop and gathered the…
Finding a Mentor Nextdoor
No, that post title isn’t misspelled. Or rather it is purposefully misspelled. I have this app called Nextdoor on my phone. You put your address in it and it shows a map of what it says your neighborhood is. Mine is a bit bigger than what I would think of, but that’s…
Doug McHone’s Testimony (2016)
I’ve been asked to share my testimony, and at first I approached this like I would my resume. I would just pull out a former example and tweak it into an updated version, highlighting the sort of things that would be most relevant in the current matter of hand. I wrote…
Social Circle of Life
AKA: The endless search for the one ring to rule them all I’ve been blogging for a dozen plus years. But not always on my blog. The mediums have changed. The acceptable content lengths, structures and cadences have changed. But I have been sharing my thoughts, for better or worse,…
Josh Garrels – At The Table
Watch this video on YouTube I’m going to avoid calling this a #MusicMonday post for fear that I will one day forget to share something musical on a Monday.
They Overcome on the Ground of the Blood of the Lamb
Watch this video on YouTube
January 23, 2016
Gen 37.2-36, Ps 23 Today’s Reading For the remainder of the book of Genesis, I am altering the passages to be read each day from the original plan. The story of Joseph is contrasted with similar situations that Judah experiences, and I wanted to highlight this. The change is minor. I…
Jackpot Lunacy
You know what really cracks me up? Hearing people imply that the Powerball jackpot is/isn’t up to an amount that is worth their time. Everybody seems to have their own threshold amount that prompts them to buy a ticket. The jackpot is “only” $10 million? No thanks. But when it…
January 1, 2016
Today’s Reading: Genesis 1.1-2.3, Psalm 1 Watch this video on YouTube