Hit the Brakes

One Summer when I was in college, I was working door to door in Southern Louisiana and putting lots of miles on the first car I ever owned.  I learned a lot as I met lots of different people, had some mechanical issues that I needed to figure out, and even grew in my...

Mama Said…

This past weekend, many of us took a day to celebrate some of the most underappreciated people in our lives…the mothers.  Whether it was your own mother as you were growing up, or your wife and mother of your children, it is good to take a moment and celebrate the...

Special

So, yesterday we celebrated our daughter’s third birthday.  I always say to people, celebrating birthdays is not all that exciting after you hit about 24 years of age or so.  But when you are three, you get pretty excited.  So, when your daughter gets excited about...

Feeling It

Have you ever heard a couple say ‘we’ve fallen out of love’ as justification for them splitting up or getting a divorce?  Whether a Christian couple or not, maybe you think or want to say ‘well get back in love!’  What they are probably referring to is their feelings...

Looking Up

When you were a youngster growing up and going to school, who did you admire?  If anything like kids today, you may have been infatuated with some celebrity, musician, or sports star that you got to see from afar.  But what about a real person in your life that you...