Minister Of Mocha

We had an opportunity to go see the play Come From Away in LA this weekend. We had seen it a few years ago when it first came out, then we watched the video production of it when Broadway reopened after the COVID lock down. It’s a fantastic show that tells the story of Gander,…

Friday was a day of loss for my local CR ministry. We said goodbye to a person who has blessed us with his guitar talent for years. I first met “Guitar” Mark in the early aughts when we played on the Saturday night worship team at a church that I attended. I didn’t know who…

It’s been a long trip to ‘Ronaville and back for me. I’m guess by this point I’m not the first person in our little community to get COVID, but as you probably know, your MoM got a positive test almost two weeks ago. At the start, the downside is very obvious. I don’t know anyone…

Sometimes it tough to think, feel, and be positive. Last Friday I tested positive for COVID. Funny how positive is so negative. I spent the weekend hacking up a lung and watching sports. Pretty much every decision went against me. Sometimes it all you can do to just stay afloat. But today is Monday, and…

I took my best buddy from childhood to see one of his favorite bands last night. It was a general admission show and we got there early so we could score a good place. As it turns out, we were dead center, right on the barricade. Not bad for a couple of 54 year old…

I’ve been a pretty much life long hater of mornings. I’m a night owl, for sure. I love to stay up late and then lounge in bed until it’s time to get up. 1 or 2 in the morning seems like a reasonable bed time, then somewhere around 8 feels just about right to this…

I was scheduled to record a phone- in interview for my podcast this morning. That meant I had to get up early (for me). 6:20 the alarm went off and I got out of bed to get ready. The morning went very smoothly. I even had time to make a cup of tea before the…

Weekends mean a lot of things for a lot of people. For me, between September and May it means that I usually have an Arsenal match to watch. (As I write that I can hear my wife telling me that not everyone cares about English Football…) It’s kind of how I set my alarm on…

Well, this past week your MoM went to a heavy metal show. Not just in the building, but all “up in the mix” with the mosh pit and everything. Yup, me. It’s been a while since I’ve been to a show that was quite as wild as this. Back in the day, I was all…

We just entered April. My 7 year old grand son is trying to figure out the whole April Fool thing. It’s a lot of fun. My favorite April Fool joke happened 27 years ago. I fooled my wife into saying “I do” on April 1, 1995. Life has been all over the place since that…