Choose Your Battles, is the word of the day. There are some things that are just not worth fighting against or dealing with. Sometimes you must choose your battles. The fall out of meaningless battles will leave you weakened for the battles you must fight. I can still remember my oldest […]
Carry each other’s burdens!
Years ago, Starla and I took our family to the beautiful state of Colorado during the winter season to go skiing. My daughter Summer was too young to ski. However, I didn’t want her to miss out on the action. So I put Summer in a child-safe backpack and carried […]
Break Time!
The word of the day is rest. I can remember spending my summers with my grandparents down on the farm. It was an amazing time for me. My grandparents allowed us to help with the cows, horses, chickens, pigs and garden. We cut and bailed hay. We hunted and […]
Listen Carefully!
Listen! The word of the day is listen! I can remember times when my children were younger, they would climb up in my lap, grab my face with both of their hands and say, “Daddy, listen to me.” They wanted to make sure that I heard everything that they […]
Be Still!
I love a quiet morning in my back yard, listening to the hypnotic sounds of the waterfalls by my pool. This time is my “God time.” It’s when I can just talk to God and let God talk to me. I don’t need anything else going on. I don’t […]
Hold On or Let Go!
The church is such a fun and interesting family to belong to. It only has one problem. It has some weird people in it. Of course! Every church has their percentage of weird people. Now if you are reading this right now and you are thinking, “I don’t know […]
Ignore it!
My sons and I were making our plans to hike down and out of the Grand Canyon in one day. The Park Ranger told us not to try it. He said it was too dangerous. The only problem was I knew we could do it, because I had done […]
God’s Remarkable Love!
When our first son Kolt, was born, I couldn’t imagine ever loving another child as much as I loved my son. I remember being saddened when I would think about my next child being born. I truly believed that I would not be able to love them in the […]
Happy Birthday Starla!
Happy Birthday Starla. You complete me! I have always been a very positive person. By personality I am Sanguine, carefree, a wing-it junkie. I am a big idea dreamer. I break out in hives just thinking about details. I think you get the picture. My wife Starla on the other […]
Today is the day!
Today is the day that we release our book to our awesome church family. Freedom Church, you have been so loving, supportive and instrumental in our journey. We are so grateful for the people that God has allowed us to do life with. As we continue to walk this path together, […]