Minister Of Mocha

At the time of this post we are sitting once more on the eve of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. 80 years have gone by. According to statistics that’s basically a lifetime for most Americans. There are some who remember that day, but there are a tremendous number more who do not. As I read…

Yesterday was a long day of driving. We left Klamath Falls, Oregon for our home in Southern California around 9 am. It wasn’t quite the 8am start I had hoped for, but it was still early enough to get home at a reasonable time. When we left a week ago, I had all kinds of…

It’s Thanksgiving week here in America. Cranberries, potatoes, pumpkin pie, turkey….all of it will be changing the aroma of homes across the country. Oh yeah, and bratwurst… My daughter is hosting us at her house for her first Thanksgiving in her new house. We are all very excited to go celebrate. The only thing is…

I made a FaceTime call to my kids this weekend. I was just calling to chat with my daughter and son in law. I figured we could talk about soccer, or maybe the way that our Steelers let us down. Nothing important, basically just checking in and killing some time while I waited for my…

Friday was one of those days that I don’t necessarily relish. I could see in advance that things were not going to be pleasant for a bit. I even knew in advance and agreed to set some of the conditions that allowed for the unpleasantness. Yet still, with all this “foreknowledge”, I stormed into the…

Wait a minute…isn’t today November first? Yes. Yes it is. Last night we spent Halloween in Hawaii with our kids and grandkids. It was interesting. Usually I think of Halloween as the point at which the weather gets cold in Ridgecrest and last night I sat in shorts and a T-shirt at night. Hawaii…am I…

Last Friday my wife and I visited a Celebrate Recovery group so that she could share her testimony. It was a great experience. As she spoke we were literally about 10 miles from a volcanic eruption that was shooting lava 30-60 feet into the air. God was moving earth as Bev’s story was moving hearts.…

Sitting in my daughter’s living room, listening to the sounds of my 7 month old grandson, on my wife’s birthday, IN HAWAII and I’m wondering what to write about… It’s not always going to be like this. We are going to have to go back home in two weeks. The grandsons will stay here. Life…

Yesterday was a hoot. We got to go to Disneyland with our 2 1/2 year old granddaughter for her very first time there. If you’ve never had the joy of taking a kid to the Magic Kingdom for the first time, you have truly missed out on one of the best things ever. The looks…

This past weekend I had the opportunity to run into an old friend that I hadn’t seen in the better part of a year or more. I was getting ready for my regular Friday night group and reviewing my notes for my lesson. As I read through them I noticed that I quoted someone that…