Minister Of Mocha

So I’m sitting here on the island of Hawaii. We are spending the week with our daughter, son in law, and grandson. It’s wonderful. As the bumper sticker reads “Ho hum, just another crummy day in paradise.” We’ve gone on hikes and picked coffee. It’s just amazing. But now we see that Hurricane Olivia has…

As I was serving in ministry at a local prison facility this weekend I passed by one of the guard desks. There’s nothing particularly new about that. What was strange was that he called me back. “I’ll take a caramel macchiato, upside down…” Wait, what? He recognized me from Starbucks all those years ago. I…

I was invited to dinner this week. It was to be a small dinner party with just six people. Sounded nice the date was set, the menu was set, we were all set. I look forward to meeting new people and one of the purposes of this dinner was that the hosts wanted the other…

We spent a wonderful week in the Upper Left Corner. It was fun to see family and friends, but like everything in life, our vacation eventually had to come to an end. We made a final trip to get donuts (at #PipsDonuts), said our goodbyes, and got on the airplane to make the trip home.…

I always loved going to Baskin-Robbins as a kid. The promise of 31 flavors from which to choose was magical. The past week has been very Baskin-Robbins. In the past week I have been back to CR Summit, seen friends that I haven’t seen in about a year, flown to Portland, eaten way too much…

I took a drive out to California City today to see a friend take a position as Sr pastor at his church. As we drove back home I came to a stop at a highway junction and noticed smoke coming from the hood of my car. Smoke is a great thing to see, right? Oh…

Sometimes it’s not easy to be the guy who has a hopeful word or a cheerful smile. Sometimes it isn’t what I want to do. Sometimes the work just closes in a bit too much and I feel like there’s just not enough oxygen left to breathe. I know I’m not the only one who…

I am plum tuckered out! I spent a week visiting family. Well, I stayed with family in Gallatin, TN and spent the week with my #ForeverFamily at #CRSummitEast18. I signed up to help at the East Summit because it was being held right down the road from my in-laws’ home. I was all set to…

I took a trip to Nashville this weekend. We are headed out to #CelebrateRecoverySummitEast to help out as volunteers. Our daughter and two of our grandsons went with us so that they could visit family. At one point most of the Tennessee branch of the family was all at my sister in law’s house. There…