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He Rebukes the Wind
I know I'm blessed - all I have to do to remember this is look at my beautiful wife, 6 amazing children, our home, our church...I KNOW...
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Jul 21, 20233 min read


The Empty Chair
The empty chair - which sat in front of me - devastated my heart and soul. I just completed my 17th year of teaching this year, and I had...
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Jul 18, 20235 min read


Under Construction
It doesn't matter where I go, I'm fascinated by areas and places where something used to be alive but is now dead. This can happen in...
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Jun 17, 20235 min read


Inquire
I can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel...I just have to walk a little further through one more semester to get there...
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Jun 15, 20234 min read


Teacher, Minister & Garbage Truck Driver
Growing up, I loved to play school with my brothers. When I was in charge, I wanted to make the school in such a way that both my brothers
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Jun 3, 20232 min read


Get Your Own Oil
A few days ago, in the early morning hours, I (along with every other Floridian with a cell phone) was abruptly woken up by an...
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May 24, 20238 min read


Clean
It was clean! I KNOW it was clean, because I was the one who loaded and then unloaded the dishwasher myself. So how in the world was...
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May 23, 20233 min read


Dream. Pray. Education.
Mrs. Patricia Richardson was my 4th-grade teacher at Tropic Isles Elementary School in N. Ft. Myers. She was one of those unforgettable...
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May 16, 20233 min read


Disciple and Pray
Tomorrow, my day will start reallllllllllly early in the morning. Somewhere around 5:30 AM, I will pull out of my driveway for a road...
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May 9, 20234 min read


I Landed
"I landed!" That was the text update I received today from my son, who jetted off to Atlanta today and then onto sweet home Alabama...
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May 3, 20233 min read


Easter Gave Us a Relationship
God did not send Jesus to earth to start a new religion. God was looking and longing for relationships. You matter to God. He knows your...
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Apr 29, 20233 min read


Easter Gave Us Prayer
Before the victory that Jesus won by His resurrection, only the Priest could go into the Jewish Holy of Holies and pray. These Priest...
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Apr 22, 20233 min read


The Good News of Easter
What would we believe if the Bible stopped after the four Gospels? Obviously, God wanted us to have the inspired commentary of the apostles,
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Apr 19, 20233 min read


Through the Storm
The rain felt really good to me this morning! I had been running a couple of miles when it started to fall, so I enjoyed every bit of it...
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Apr 18, 20234 min read


The Palm Sunday Jubilee
The simple definition of the word jubilee is: A time of rejoicing.
The reasons behind the jubilee are as numerous as the sand on a beach...
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Apr 15, 20233 min read


After Easter
Years ago, I was pastoring a church in another state and we came to Florida for a vacation after Easter. In fact, we left right after...
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Apr 10, 20234 min read


The Hero’s Journey – Resolution (Part 3/3)
The resolution, as it pertains to filmmaking, is just as it sounds: The wrapping up of the conflict as we see our hero ride off into...
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Apr 8, 20236 min read


The Hero’s Journey - The Climax (Part 2/3)
As we follow our protagonist through their trial, they will ultimately reach their ‘point of no return’. It's when our characters find...
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Mar 27, 20238 min read


Ride Or Die
Yesterday, I got to pick up my 12-year old daughter from school. I get to do this a lot, but yesterday was different because I got to...
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Mar 23, 20233 min read


The Hero’s Journey - Inciting Incident (A Three Part Series)
When I was in a creative writing class—and really all throughout film school—we were taught the ‘roadmap’ for a good story. The plot...
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Mar 2, 20235 min read
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