Minister Of Mocha

I was at a memorial service today for the drummer in the first worship team I ever served on, Cameron was a special soul. When I look back at all of the drummers that I’ve played with, he was not the best. He was not the most technically proficient. What he was was the most…

This is a tough time for your MoM. My youngest grandson is moving to Hawaii with his parents. He was born in Hawaii almost three years ago, but then moved to our town before his first birthday. We’ve gotten used to his presence in our lives. So much of my life has been focused on…

I’m spending today thinking about my yard because I’m spending today working on my yard. By the end of this week I’ll be done and people will tell me how nice it looks and they will be right. But it’s basically the same yard with a face lift. The real grass will be artificial. There…

My hands rose to read the paper my heart sank. Fifty lives gone. My friends were safe, and I am thankful. We will certainly have arguments from both sides of a torn aisle in a divided country. We cannot fight to heal, we must hit our knees and… –Rise Up

Life is full of surprises. On Monday my plans for Sunday included church, football, and watching guys turn left at 200 MHP. What actually happened was I took my grandson to his first baseball game. My friend Don dropped by the RCA go! Studios during the week and brought me not just free baseball tickets,…

Christmas is a fun time of year. We get to sing the songs, open the gifts, see the family. All of those things are great. Oh yeah, there’s also that whole Jesus thing. This past week felt a little bit like Christmas in September. Last year at Christmas one of my daughters gave me tickets…

If you are a regular reader of this blog you may remember that I borrowed John Oliver’s “And Now This…” as a writing concept. Well, back to the same source for this one. Sometimes it’s a good idea to just stop and look at what just happened. I write on Monday mornings so I am…

If you attend RCA Church in Ridgecrest you know that is how I transition from the announcements to the sermon bumper. I like it a lot, but I stole the idea from John Oliver, who is just parodying old school TV News, so there you have it: I’m not original! That’s OK though, as Pablo…

In 1 Kings 18 we read about the weather, but more importantly we read about the whether! The prophet Elijah had told the people that God would bring a mighty rain and they laughed. Elijah was always going contrary to the world around him. He faced down 450 prophets for Baal in order to end…

Anyone else remember Weebles? Yeah, they wobble but they don’t fall down. I never had any, but always wanted them. I remember going into Fedco in Panorama City before Christmas back in the 70’s. They had a table out with lots of toys to try out. I was DETERMINED to get a Weeble to fall…