Fatherhood: Long Term vs. Short Term Holiness
Fatherhood: A Long Awaited Desire I have looked forward to fatherhood for a long time. First from a natural, almost instinctive desire to have children of my own. Second, because …
Intentional Living or Pinball Marble?
Intentional Living or Good Accidents? Are you the pinball operator or the marble? Are you practicing Intentional Living or are you being bounced around like a pinball marble? Do any …
Running With Endurance – Tough Choices
I Like Running With Endurance Especially once I’m finished and the race is over- or in my imagination before the race even starts. This morning as I was running I …
When God’s Answer to Prayer Looks Different
I like a good story about an answer to prayer. Especially when the answer is exactly what was asked for. On Friday morning I was on the way to a …
The Man of Her Dreams: Why I recommend Marriage
“Thank you for being the man of my dreams.” We had been sitting there watching the sunrise, smelling the sea breeze coming off the gulf when she said it. We …
Memorial Weekend with Grandpa
Stacie and I spent Memorial Day weekend with our Grandpa Jack Paslay in Portland Texas. I really enjoy chatting with him about what it was like in the years leading …
Celebrating Marriage
Stacie and I celebrated the resurrection with our own private sunrise service this morning. Our one year anniversary is almost two weeks away but because we got married on the …
Intentional Project
“Intentional!” That is what the Gaff and Grip department yell when they are turning off a light on a movie set. They yell that so nobody will think the bulb …
The Journey Begins – A Personal Marriage Experiment
Peter Marshall called marriage “The Halls of Highest Human Happiness” and after more than a decade of waiting I am finally launching out into it for myself. Stacie is the …
My Friend Austin
On Sunday evening when I heard that Austin had gone to be with the Lord I walked outside under the stars. I thought of his family and what they are feeling now. But then in my mind’s eye I saw a smile on Austin’s face as he gazed into the face of Jesus. So often his family had talked about this- this moment when one of them would be torn away from the earthly family to be with Jesus.