Chapter 7 – When You Believe in God But Don’t Think You Can Change 2 Corinthians 3:16-18 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the [...]

The shouts rang in her ears and echoed in her head as rough hands bruised her arms. But it was the sharp, disapproving glances and whispers that cut into her soul. When she was finally tossed to the ground, it was a relief. She didn’t have to live this way anymore. She had always known [...]

If you spend a lot of time studying people, you’ll notice that they try as hard as they can to be the same and to be different, all at the same time. Young people are especially interesting to study. They will dye their hair nine different colors and get five different piercings in their heads [...]

Today is Wednesday and so it’s time to discussion the latest chapter from “The Christian Atheist” by Craig Groeschel. As always, my co-facilitator, Jason and I invite you to stay and discuss whether you’ve read the book or not. Today, his site is “home base” and you’ll find much more discussion there. But first, my [...]

The last year (since about June 1st of last year) has been a tough one for me. Full of personal strife and struggles, conflicts and challenges, emotions and failures. I’m used to going from mountaintops to valleys, but after a year spent mostly in the valley, last Sunday morning, I woke up with an odd [...]

Welcome to Wednesday! As always, my sweet friend, Jason and I are ready for a little discussion. We invite you to join us whether or not you’re reading along with us in our current book selection. Your comments and questions are always welcome! Are you ready to begin? Chapter 5 – When You Believe in [...]

I’ve known Kaitlyn for over half of her life. She’ll turn seven later this summer and I met her when she was three. She’s the granddaughter of one of my co-workers. She’s the one he affectionately calls, “George.” (I don’t know why, so don’t ask.) And she’s the niece of another of my co-workers, Nicole. [...]

Anybody who knows me knows that today, I welcomed right at 200 campers into Falcon. The camp that started today is the one we call “Alpha” Camp and is for 1st – 3rd graders. And since I was juggling that barrel of monkeys, I didn’t actually have time to write a blog post today. But [...]

It had been a tough couple of years. I was struggling to forget abuse from my past and convince myself I had a future. I was 14 years old. As we did every summer, my brother and I spent a week at church camp in Awanita Valley, SC. And one afternoon during our free time, [...]

My Dad and I spent Sunday afternoon driving back and forth to Hallsboro, the little town where I grew up. While we were living there, my family got very involved with all of the athletics at the high school where my Mom worked. And one of the fields at the high school was also the [...]