Minister Of Mocha

Moving can be fun. Moving can be exciting. Moving can be an adventure. Moving can also really suck! Today I am fixing to go help some friends move. There will be boxes of stuff everywhere. We will need to figure out what room gets which box, then where to put the things in the box.…

Yesterday in the prison we did an activity in which the class members were asked to identify three people they want to include in a support network. Some of the guys chose people on the streets while others chose people at the facility. One man even chose Mrs MoM and I. It was interesting to…

This weekend something wonderful happened. Over the past few months we have been running a new Prison Fellowship Academy class at the prison where we serve. It is filled with a wide variety of men, most of whom are already Christians. We do have one man who is new to faith. He was born to…

I have been spending time with most of my grand children over the weekend. We had family fun at Graduation for the oldest one, then a whole flock of us went to Disneyland. It wasn’t super crowded so lines were short(ish). But we all had the Lightning Pass so we got even shorter lines. life…

I just spent a few days at my youngest daughter’s house. We’ve go three grand babies there, with a fourth on the way at the end of summer. We love the kids, but lets be honest here, the grand kids are the attraction! One of my favorite parts of any visit to this particular clump…

It’s been almost 25 years since I was incarcerated. A ton of stuff has happened in the interim, including a lot of introspection. For that reason, it’s always a pleasant surprise when I come across a new understanding of myself. I served 8 months on a one year sentence, but it turns out that I…

Here’s a little fact for you: you can’t spell “Minister of Mocha” without “Sam”. You, I did the math. It’s all true. I met a guy named Sam this past week. I happened to be wearing my Minister of Mocha apron while I was helping on a friend’s food truck. As I came out to…

I rolled into my local Starbucks this morning and had absolutely no clue what I would be writing about. Then the music on the “radio” changed. (It’s not a radio, but it’s the house music system and I don’t know what else to call it. It’s like calling a tissue Kleenex.) The song that came…

I was watching a hockey game last night. There’s nothing particularly new about that. As it happens, I was watching it after it happened because I had waited for Mrs MoM to head to bed before I fired it up. I know she isn’t always down to watch the copious amount of sports that I…

Yesterday was Easter Sunday. I went to church then went out to lunch with my mom. The afternoon was a bit low key, then in the early evening Mrs. MoM and I left to pick up a friend at the airport in the LA area. I was very excited about the trip because I made…