Minister Of Mocha

I woke up this morning to my phone alarm blaring. I was in a bit of a fog. I knew the alarm meant “get up”, but I had no recollection of setting it. My mind spun like the reels of an old fashioned slot machine, then one by one the reels stopped and I remembered.…

For quite some time I’ve had a morning routine that includes coffee. I’ve also had a coffee routine that includes all day! Sometimes I blend soda into the routine in the afternoon and late into the evening. (By “sometimes” I mean constantly!) My nutritionist daughter has pointed out that I should probably lower my caffeine…

So you might be aware that Southern California got it’s first Hurricane/Tropical Storm in several decades this weekend. Your MoM couldn’t help but think about the “Rise Up!!” tag line as I watched the water rising toward the doors of our house. The streets turned into rivers and my backyard became a small lake. We…

I was sitting in my daughter’s living room this morning when my grandson brought me a book to read to him. It was a board book about dinosaurs. If you’ve ever read a board book you will know that they are pretty basic. We read about the different dinosaurs. When we got to the end…

This past week found your MoM driving from Portland, Oregon to basically Abilene, Texas. We saw a ton of beautiful scenery then we hit the plains… Just to set the stage properly, I do not really enjoy the Great Plains. It’s so flat out there you could basically use Texas as a straight edge! We…

Today is graduation day at the prison where we serve. It’s not graduation day for everyone there, but it is for the men in our program. It’s kind of bittersweet. The prison will be closing soon, so today is also our last day there. Every time we are ready to graduate a class for this…

I spent last week at the annual Celebrate Recovery Summit at Saddleback Church in Orange County. It was our first time back with an in-person Summit at Saddleback since before the pandemic. Everyone was very excited to be there and it definitely had a reunion atmosphere. Since my wife is now a State Rep for…

This week you MoM is at CR Summit in Orange County. We are here for the week and have a couple of families traveling together so we opted for an Air BnB rather than a hotel. It makes it nice for chatting and such in the evening. We found a nice place. It feels like…

I stopped into the “office” to do some things this morning. Since I had a bit of a late start, the dark roast was already gone. I opted for a latte instead. I need to do some business research this morning for our ministry so I figured I could use a calming drink. I ordered,…

It’s July 3rd today. Kind of a weird time…we don’t call it Independence Day Eve, but ostensibly, that’s what it is. I’m celebrating with my friend from way back in elementary school by golfing. We are going out early in order to “beat the heat”. The forecast is calling for somewhere around 108! I’m not…