October 2018

I don’t know if my car is considered a “smart” car, but at the very least it’s quite keen. My 2018 Toyota Corolla is a rental, and I’m going to hate to give it back.… Read More »Too Smart Car?

If we know Christ, we “know” He’s our hope. But it’s easy to only own that hope in theory, but forget about it in application. Real life. The spiritual battlefield. Those opportunities to “practice”. It… Read More »Squeeze the Hope

What I’m about to tell you may be somewhat heated for Beatles fans. Some won’t get it or even care. Those people have already stopped reading. But since you’re still here, I have a Beatles… Read More »Are You the Perfect Beatles Fan?

Okay, it’s a lot like MY life. But maybe you can draw some parallels, too. Consider: In order to excel at drums, it takes practice. Lots of practice. It’s just like any other skill you… Read More »Playing Drums is a Lot Like Life

In the fall of 1967 I went to a parade with my mom and little sister. As the high school drum line marched by, my mom encouraged me, “You should do that.” As it turned… Read More »If You Drum, They Will Come

He didn’t want to leave his cushy life. It would’ve been easy to continue his news anchor job at the TV station. He’d been there fifteen years and had a ten year plan with retirement… Read More »The Courage to Fail: What Every Parent Needs to Hear.

This marvelous little wrist band keeps track of my steps, my miles, my calories, and any number of statistics I program into it. I wonder if it can read my mind? I discovered I can… Read More »My Fit Bit is Lying (or is it just me?)