Sometimes it’s not easy to be the guy who has a hopeful word or a cheerful smile. Sometimes it isn’t what I want to do. Sometimes the work just closes in a bit too much and I feel like there’s just not enough oxygen left to breathe. I know I’m not the only one who…

I am plum tuckered out! I spent a week visiting family. Well, I stayed with family in Gallatin, TN and spent the week with my #ForeverFamily at #CRSummitEast18. I signed up to help at the East Summit because it was being held right down the road from my in-laws’ home. I was all set to…

I took a trip to Nashville this weekend. We are headed out to #CelebrateRecoverySummitEast to help out as volunteers. Our daughter and two of our grandsons went with us so that they could visit family. At one point most of the Tennessee branch of the family was all at my sister in law’s house. There…

I was driving down the road the other day and say a car with a bumper sticker. I love to read what people feel is important enough to boldly emblazon on their automobiles. A new car costs 10’s of thousands of dollars. Even a truck can cost over 50K yet people are always looking for…

It’s World Cup time right now. Several countries from around the planet got their acts together and qualified. Sadly, the good ol’ USA did not. This would have been a great year to go too, because many of the powerhouse nations are doing poorly. Since my home country is not represented I needed to find…

I shared my testimony this week at CR. Testimony Night is always a good night. The things that you hear might not always be what you expected to hear, but they always seem to touch your soul. As a speaker the same concept holds true, just with a bit of a twist. As I’ve shared…

There is a tiny cloud on the horizon after years of no rain. That tiny cloud is given to me by my God to give me faith. Faith that the rains will come. Faith because I can’t make it rain. Faith because my ideas and my plans are limited to cups of water. But His…

Some people try and some people do not, or at least they don’t try in a way that seems obvious to the rest of us. I went to visit my granddaughter this weekend. Because of my past, her mother is not always willing to allow visits. Over the past few weeks we have planned a…

I heard a thought from an author named Bob Goff this week. I’m paraphrasing from memory, but it went something like “Why do we get amazed when the God who surpasses all understanding does…?” I was just amazed at that. You might even say it messed me up #MessItUpPodcast. This happens to me a lot…