Minister Of Mocha

I am. I live in #Ridgecrest, CA. That’s a place that people used to not know. Now, after a flurry of #earthquakes including a 7.1 on Friday evening people seem to know about my small desert community. Tonight I’m writing from my front lawn. The whole fam is sleeping out here including my 85 year…

Two weeks ago my mother was visiting my daughter in Utah and fell. After a week or so in a rehab facility the time came for her to come home. She had a broken sacrum, so flying was out. That meant that Bev and I took a road trip to go fetch her. It’s just…

As I write this I am sitting in front of the TV waiting to watch the US Women in the World Cup. I love soccer and it is always exciting to watch our Women’s team compete on the world stage. I’ve got my Tobin Heath jersey on and I’m all set to root for the…

Yesterday was Father’s Day. On the evening of Mother’s Day I was already planning how my special day would play out. As things go, I found myself sitting in an empty house on Father’s Day. One daughter lives in Hawaii, another lives in Utah, yet another was at Disneyland with her family. My wife was…

Sometimes the walk is lovely; birds sing, sun shines, the breeze blows. Sometimes though, I step in doo-doo! This past week I stepped in doo-doo. In the course of me doing what I thought was righteous and good, I wound up making an error in judgement that created a lot of extra work for a…

I’m writing this at a restaurant by the airport. Today my wife leaves for two weeks to visit her family in Nashville and I am staying home. It’s sad to say goodbye, but soon after she does she will get to say hello to the rest of the family. Goodbyes are never forever, there are…

Today is Memorial Day in the US. Many people confuse it with a day to honor our veterans or military members. Many folks look at it as a day to turn off the alarm clock and fire up the grill. But beyond all of that, today is the day that we honor our fallen service…

I got together with my podcasting co-host yesterday. As is our routine, we did not come into the show with anything other than the most basic outline for the show. By that I mean we had a Word of the Week and a Song of the Week ready. We also thought about one or two…

We took a whole day to honor our Moms this week. Yes, one whole day! It is important to recognize these very special ladies, so I’m glad that we do have Mother’s Day. But honestly, don’t they deserve a bit more than that? It will be another year before it’s Mother’s Day again, so take…

This weekend we hosted a Hope Event for Prison Fellowship Ministries at the prison where I volunteer. It was the first one that we have done at this facility so we weren’t really certain what to expect. All I can say is that it was phenomenal! We had a former inmate who shared his story…