Minister Of Mocha

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…

This weekend we had a brief visit from my brother and niece. Several weeks ago, when my mother returned home from her stay in the hospital, my brother came to help out. Through a series of events, it turned out that he drove my mother’s car back home to Phoenix. We have been trying to…

This morning is June 19th. Juneteenth. In two days it will officially be summer. So why did I wake up to sleet?!? Weather, life and recovery are filled with mystery and adventure. The dilemma is what to do with them. I am driving through the mountains today, so precipitation of any kind is not awesome.…

A couple of years ago I put up a small pergola in the back yard. It’s main function was to provide shade for the garden and I didn’t put a lot of detailed effort into it. The boards on top were a bit wiggly. The posts weren’t completely square. One post even had a twist…

Now that we are headed into summer and kids are getting out of school I hear a lot of folks talking about their plans and then asking others about their plans.”Hey, do you have any big plans for the summer?” That kind of conversation is happening all over then place. I just had a great…

I suppose what I really mean is that healing is forgiveness. The past week I was in the prison with the fellas and we were discussing the idea of God healing us physically. The question was posed “Does God still heal people?” After much discussion we heard a story of a man who struggled with…

Our newest grandson was born last week. As you might expect, it was a joyous occasion for all of us. It was a long (25 hour) labor, but in the end Mom and baby were both great. The only real issue around his birth was that his parents couldn’t decide on a name right away,…

Late last night I got a sweet picture of my youngest daughter in a hospital gown. She was sitting in the bed with a bullet shaped baby bump sticking way out. That’s exciting news. It wasn’t on the day I have in the family baby pool, but still, our little man was on his way!…