For the year and a half I was in seminary and for the years I was in the Navy, I was taught to start my day by making my bed. A Navy Admiral, William H. Mcraven has written a book, “Make Your Bed: Little Things […]
The Refinery Mission
Tonight at 6 I will have the privilege of leading a chapel service at The Refinery, a Faith-Based Mission for Men in Opelousas. This will be the second time I have been asked to do this. I greatly enjoyed it the first time and am […]
Fake Good News
I’ve really had it with “Fake” news. Hurricanes are bad enough without Weather Channel reporters standing in ditches feet from dry land to “dramatize” the effects of the storm. Headlines often don’t reflect the facts in the underlying story. The decisions what to report are […]
Consistent Motivation
I am not much into “prophecy.” I believe that Jesus is coming back, that he will “rapture His church” before things get really bad and that this event could happen at any time. I believe we can’t know that exact date; that little tidbit is left […]
Free Speech in Lafayette
My little community is in the national news. A drag queen story time for toddlers is coming to our Library in October. Such story times have been a big hit in places like New York and San Francisco. Lafayette, Louisiana is neither. Let me be clear. […]
Being There – Letting Go
I have had the opportunity to influence three generations of offspring. My influence hasn’t always been great or even positive. I think I’ve learned that the secret is in a proper balancing of Being There and Letting Go. Being There Availability. The most important factor […]
Non-Toxic Masculinity
I can hear a song dozens of times without the lyrics hitting home. Then, suddenly, they blow me away. Yesterday I was listening to “Lead Me” by Sanctus Real on K-LOVE. The lyrics blew me away: “Lead Me” I look around and see my wonderful […]
Uber Driver
Find what God is blessing and do that. It’s easy to fall into the trap of pursuing our own agenda instead of God’s. We struggle at “ministry” convinced that its failure to produce fruit is just a “work of the devil” or our own […]