Randall O’Brien has a book entitled, ”I Feel Better All Over Than I Do Anywhere Else”. A friend of mine is full of all sorts of corny sayings. One I remember him saying most is, “Wherever you are there you’ll be.” I recall working for an electrical contractor in Albuquerque. It was “just a job” to help pay [...]
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As a new Christian, I leaned a lot on my friends to show me how to live. My friends back then are still my friends today. It’s amazing that I am once again living in the community I grew up in - hanging with the same guys (And now their families). We were all together this past [...]
On March the 20th, I wrote “Walking by Faith“: At this time in my life, I’m not sure where I am heading… but I do know I am heading in the right direction. God has restored a lot in my life. The stirring in my soul is difficult… yet I know it isn’t being stirred [...]
I’ve been visiting the early days of my life in Christ as you have read over the past week. It’s been good for me to revisit those days in my life. Much of what I was taught as a young believer came from several bands and friends. What I was taught was radical… deeply life changing… and scary to [...]
A few years ago I had a dream to take a group of teenagers down to Central and South America. I even met with a missionary from the country I was looking at taking this group to. I had begun gathering information and resources to learn enough of the language for the youth to be [...]
I have been listening to some vintage Christian music the past few days. It’s been a very encouraging experience to listen to some tunes that are over 20 years old. So much of the music I listened to then really shaped my young Christian life. Petra, Whiteheart, Russ Taff, Stryper, Jerusalem, and U2… they each have had their [...]
I once lived in Kansas for about a year and a half. Before moving to Kansas I had found the beauty of cycling in the mountains of Colorado and the high desert of New Mexico to be awesome. I was surprised that I would find beauty riding on the flat plains of Kansas. My favorite [...]
