These blogs are meant to enhance the 40 Days of Focus for The Grove Church
I like chocolate chip cookies. And who doesn't love chocolate chip cookies. Recently, my son who works at Chick-Fil-A, came home with a bag of fresh, warm fresh chocolate chip cookies. Who could resist? This got me to thinking about all the ingredients that make up a chocolate chip cookie. Have you ever tried to eat [...]
Confession (albeit a little embarrassing to admit): I love fairy tales. So much so, I have had friends call me “Linderella”. In the fairy tale of Snow White, the queen's desire was to hear only what she “wanted” to hear from her mirror on the wall. This was also my opinion of what any true [...]
1977 was a special year for me. I was 10 years old ... and only concerned about nothing but sports and The Six Million Dollar Man (Popular TV show to my generation). I attended a summer camp my home church was sponsoring that July. It was a Thursday night during a worship rally at camp…and [...]
I grew up in a “traditional” family, and am now “co-parenting” in one of my kids’ (two) single-parent homes. It is not how I would have written the script, but it has certainly helped show me clearly the many faces of family…and the importance of being connected to one! By definition a family may be [...]
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (John 10:10) About four years ago my whole world was shaken. I grew up in church as the son of a full-time church minister. I had a solid upbringing and The Lord was good [...]
The thing about writing about personality is that it is, well, personal. That poses several challenges, one of which needs to be sorted out at the start. It has to do with ways personal writing can be misinterpreted. For example, if I seem to brag, I most definitely do not. I am, as are we [...]
Almost three years ago, I moved here, to Tennessee, from Alabama. I had moved several times before, but this was the hardest move for me, because I was 13. I had kindled some true friendships, and I was really just getting adjusted to school and church, even though we had lived there for nearly 5 [...]