It’s absolutely impossible without a 100% surrender to Jesus. Philippians 2 is kicking my tail. It’s unimaginable to “put others’ interests before my own” when I vehemently disagree with those interests, and in fact… Read More »Consider Others Better Than Me?
Texas summer heat is on. Stay inside, water your front lawn. Sunburned neck and shoulders felt. Wear a hat or your head will melt. Heat seen coming off the road. Bugs landing… Read More »Texas Summer Swelter Extreme
There was a Christian rock band in the 90s called Plankeye. Always thought it was a clever name for people who see the splinter in others’ eye. Ouch. Turns out it’s me. (I hate… Read More »Plankeye
1. Pray. Hard. Ask your God-loving friends to pray, too. God wants to help you, and you need Him. This is always best. 2. Listen to your wife. She loves you and wants what’s… Read More »How to Remodel a Deck (When you don’t know what you’re doing)
When the hostess shows you to your table, do you ask for a different one? Do you often ask for special substitutions when placing your order? Do you send food back? You have the right… Read More »Waiter’s Nightmare
Most guys at Lowe’s are normal hard working guys who want to build or fix something. Then there’s the other group. They’re the ones who walk around, look around, and act like they know what… Read More »Fake Lowe’s Guy
One of the best things God can do for you is drive you to your knees. Jesus is so counter intuitive, so counter cultural, so counter ME, it took a massive blow to my heart,… Read More »Cataclysmic Blessing
There’s good news in the midst of the crazy. The recent SpaceX historic rocket launch took me back to when I was a kid. Remember the Apollo space program? They made a movie about… Read More »Bob and Doug: Space Cowboys
We hear a lot of “shoulds” right now. “People should”. “Our leaders should”. “This should not happen”. Words like travesty, tragedy, disgraceful and despicable are also prevalent. We’re really good at placing a critical… Read More »I Should Read This
Why do we look when we we’re warned “Caution, some images may be disturbing to sensitive viewers.” Who wants to be disturbed? It seems we do. There’s something weird about us that’s drawn to look… Read More »Images May Be Disturbing