This morning, I felt myself being pushed over the edge about the current state of our nation… the willful ignorance of reality for the sake of the political collective… the CEO mentality of many of our church leaders… wars and rumors of wars… printing money as if the value were no better than toilet paper……
Like it or not, it takes real men to do the dirty work of war. It takes real men to do hard jobs like logging, barb-wire stringing, bad bull wrangling… and leading a Godly home (in the Creator’s original design). Real men step into those roles as they are needed and gifted without fanfare or…
You can do it! C’mon man! Let’s unpack this post and make it relevant to your life, homie! After we unpack a nugget of cultural all-inclusive truth, let’s drill down into what it means to make you feel GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! HollerLuYuuuuuuuh! What in the world??? Seems a bit, much… right? How do we take a sacrificial…
Dear brother or sister, do you care? Do you see those faces, void of concern, tainted by a harsh childhood, or filled with dull gray drug-induced blank stares? They are all around us. You may have pushed them into the shadows of your mind, hiding them from YOUR reality… but they are there. Usually, we…
Goooooood morning! Have you ever met a religious person who is so fixated on one specific spiritual element that he or she makes everyone uncomfortable when he or she enters a room? Yep, I bet you have a person’s face popping into your mind’s eye right now! Let me preface this post by saying I…
So, preacher… what do you do? How do you react? How much of yourself are you willing to share, give, put out there on a limb of raw emotion? Those people… those congregants… those who are even on the outside of your tight little circle. They all want a slice of time. Which ones do…
A few days ago, I had an interesting conversation with a man who feels like “religious” people have let him down on multiple levels and occasions. I listened to his story and honestly, it dredged up a lot of bad memories from my past. I can empathize with this brother… more than he likely knows….
“Sometimes I feel… sometimes I feel… like I been tied to the whippin’ post, tied to the whippin post… TIED to the whippin’ post. Good Lord I feel like I’m dyin’!“ Some of you may remember the lines above are lyrics from an old Allman Brothers song. I don’t endorse all the sentiments found in…
Isn’t it hard to block out the static of this Western life and really really focus of our Brother, Jesus? If this thought has not crossed your mind, maybe you need take a step back and consider what I am saying. Just this morning, I saw a note on Facebook where a brother has made…