Minister Of Mocha

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Lawrence Welk

So it’s Memorial Day weekend here in the beautiful U.S. of A. And I’ve been spending the whole thing with my Mom. Early Friday morning she fell and broke her hip so we’ve been hanging out in a hospital room watching Lawrence Welk on the TV. A hospital stay is a lot like being in…

May 25, 2015
Red Nose Day

I’ve been seeing a lot of information lately about “Red Nose Day”. I got curious, because, why wouldn’t you want to investigate a big red nose, right?!? So here’s what I’ve found (and I learned it all on the Giant Information Machine, better known as the interwebs, so it MUST be true!): “Red Nose Day…

May 18, 2015
Yup or Yep

I’ve heard it said both ways by people that I trust. In April of 2010 an excited iPad fan made an inquiry about availability of the revolutionary new tablet in an email to Steve Jobs. Steve’s stunningly succinct reply was “Yep.” Now, anyone who knows me knows that I am very much the Apple Fan…

May 11, 2015
Sinko de Mayo

Well here it is, the beginning of May again already! I live in California but we still have a ton of people who love to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Let’s face it, most Americans don’t really put a whole lot of thought into why they party, they’re just happy to have a reason to celebrate.…

May 4, 2015
One of “Those” Days…

Have you ever had one of those days? I certainly have, and I’m guessing that you have as well. Heck, sometimes it feels like EVERY day is one of THOSE days, doesn’t it?!? There are just so many things that come at me from all directions it just makes me want to throw in the…

April 27, 2015
Visitors

So this last week at Celebrate Recovery was pretty neat. My week was rolling along like a pretty standard week: I put up my blog, I wrote my lesson, I practiced my music, I talked about the menu with Chef Jenny…oh yeah, we saw Barry…but aside from that it was kind of business as usual.…

April 20, 2015
Ships

So tomorrow night I am taking my lovely wife to a concert…we are going to see Barry Manilow. Now before you judge, let me say this: the man can write catchy songs and I’ve been told that he puts on an amazing show, so we are going to see his farewell tour. So I’m listening…

April 13, 2015
Easter Eggs

Once again, Easter has come and gone. Easter is a time of many things to many people. For some people it’s a week off of school. For some people it’s the culmination of a Holy Week. For some people it’s the end of March Madness. For some people it’s a sugar rush like no other.…

April 7, 2015
Walking Dead

As I write this another season of “The Walking Dead” has concluded and the new season of “The Walking Not-Dead-Anymore” begins. This is Holy Week, and even though recent trends have played down the events and happenings of the week between Palm Sunday and Easter I think it is still important to recognize the importance…

March 31, 2015
Are we recording…? Is this thing on? Ooops!

So as you may or may not know, we record our Friday night services from CR at RCA Church. I like to put them on our UStream channel so that in case people are out of town, or sick, or just shy they can still check out some worship and a lesson or testimony. I…

March 23, 2015