Minister Of Mocha

I went to WinCo this morning. Actually, it was me and my grandson and his Daddy. We were on a mission to get donuts. We all picked the donut that we wanted then went to the car. Ollie By Golly asked Daddy for his donut so Daddy gave him one. As it turns out, he…

Last night I rode with my friend and her son to go drop off keys to a car that two of her sons share. The older boy was at work and the younger needed to trade keys with him. We all rode down to the restaurant where he works. As one son went inside to…

Last Friday Mrs MoM and I went to the big rock and roll show. It was part of an anniversary present for her. The band was Third Day. We first saw them shortly after we were married when they were brand new. Now here we all are 30 years later. Over the years a lot…

Yesterday I had the privilege of having one of my guys from our Prison Fellowship group be chosen to speak at the prison church service. I think this is particularly cool because of who it was that spoke. When I first met JP he was a bit “prisony”. That isn’t to say that he seemed…

As we prepared for Easter yesterday we put out extra tables for the guests. We had to borrow chairs. We ran a bit short on our silverware. In our moderate-sized home, the number of guests was going to be tight. Once we got everything squared away, we learned that one of our guests was bringing…

Right now there is a tape outline on the floor of my friend’s living room. It shows where he wants to have walls for a pantry. I’m typing and eating breakfast, but soon we will be making a trip to Home Depot for lumber. By the end of the day, where there was just tape…

I was listening to a man talking in the prison this weekend. He was giving a brief introduction of himself to the group and he talked about the “Deathstyle” that he used to live before he got into recovery. I thought that was a great turn of phrase. It made so much sense to me…

In the past week I’ve had two major records set by my two favorite sports teams. Anze Kopitar became the all time points leader for the LA Kings hockey team and Max Dowman became the youngest player to score a goal for Arsenal in their 140 year history. It took Anze years to accumulate all…

There’s a huge storm barreling toward us on the Big Island of Hawaii. It looks like it will cause flooding and all sorts of travel issues. With Mrs. MoM and I flying on Thursday, it will impact our plans for getting home. We will be monitoring the situation. In recovery we need to pay attention…

I’m looking east right now. Out the kitchen window of my daughter’s house I should be seeing the yellows and reds of sunrise. Instead, I see grey. Solid grey. The clouds are blocking my view. Some folks might say that the sun hasn’t come out. I know that isn’t right, because I can see the…