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Here are several fun facts I discovered while working from home over the last two and a half years – nothing earth shattering, but not at all uninteresting – enjoy: Our Amazon delivery drivers are: Aleesha, Stephen, and Chip – Aleesha and Chip typically park on the street, and Stephen typically parks in the drivewayContinue reading “Fun facts I Discovered While Working From Home”

I’m really enjoying “Deep Discipleship” by JT English – it was recommended by a good friend in our local church – this book has tons for the reader to unpack – I was hit in the face this morning by this reality that may be evidenced in many of our churches today: The pitfalls ofContinue reading “Are We Bored With Christ?”

Kevin’s thoughts: When it comes to financial and market issues, hold fast to what you can validate – and not just what we hear on the news, social media or talking heads. The talking heads tell us the blame for high gas prices should fall on Biden/Trump/Obama, Keystone Pipeline, Russia, Ukraine, European markets, federal restrictions,Continue reading “Trust What You Can Validate”

I Suck – You Suck – We all Suck We all do terrible things – either intentionally or unintentionally, we all participate in casting some degree of negativity on the people and conditions around us – it’s kind of who we are as humans – our basic nature has an imbedded propensity to rub eachContinue reading “Don’t Suck”

Love them or hate them, guns, politics, inflation, national identity, and the congressional hearings into the events of January 6 all focus attention on a single decisive person – no, not an elected person – I mean the voter – the voter who has been pulled into very divisive directions – the voter who  isContinue reading “Forget Your politics and be an American”

BLUF: They Are All Liars – you can quote me on this (LOL). Angry consumers tend to place blame for the nation’s economic woes based on no more evidence than a one-sided news story, social media (like minded) scrolling, headlines from self-proclaimed subject matter expects with no credentials, or bootlegged economic insight from our localContinue reading “The Economic Inflation Blame Game”

There are moments in our lives that map the advancing milestones of who we are – these moments are as telling, as they are significant – our lives, our place in that life, and our positions are never more clear than at the realization of these moments – for example: Learning to walk, pee standingContinue reading “Magical Moments”

What’s in your bushel? Is it hiding the light of your beliefs? Division by Any Other Name is Still a Divide I’m not a highly-educated person, so please take anything I share with a grain of (common sense) salt – tragically, we are a very divided nation – we argue and clash over so manyContinue reading ““Hide it Under a Bushel, No!””

“Pretending – to speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.” Pretending can be a fun child’s game – I’m a pirate, a superhero, a puppy, or a princess. Pretending can be an effective technique in grown up situations – I’m helpful, supportive,Continue reading “Pretending”

Calendars are tough – finding calendar time for all topic relevant events for a city, community, or church is a real challenge – on that note, some may know Sunday, February 27 was the last Sunday of Black History Month for our nation – for the Southern Baptist Convention, it was also Racial Reconciliation Sunday,Continue reading “Racial Reconciliation Sunday… or not”