Or should I say, "Hello, World.."? It's been too long since I've posted…and there are many reasons for that. I'll spare you the boring details. But beginning at 8pm on June 30. I will be officially fasting from Facebook, Twitter, etc. for ten days while on vacation. Count 'em. Ten. The Cottar Crew will be [...]
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My resolutions this year are different than last year. While I do have some specific, personal things I want to accomplish in the next 12 months (getting back to my running regime, never using the words ‘epic’ and ‘fail’ again…), they’re pretty insignificant in the larger scheme of things. So here are my top 5: [...]
I don't know where you may fall on the whole 'Halloween Thing". I have friends who love Jesus who sincerely believe it's solely Satanic and part of the downfall of our family-values bubble world. On the other hand, I have other friends who passionately pursue Jesus and still approach Halloween with all the vigor of [...]
After letting the back-to-school dust settle, I started running again this week. I love/hate how it exposes my weaknesses and helps keep me durable. (I like being durable…) And it’s a great vehicle which reminds me of the benefits to spiritual discipline. Stretch. No one likes to. Everyone needs to. Run hard. If [...]
One of the greatest things in life is sharing it with others. When your life is intertwined with others, you get to share all kinds of intimate moments: pain, heartache, joy, fear, wonder. Community is a messy blessing, filled with the moments that define us and make us human. I was honored to perform my [...]
Just a little self-indulgence here. recent pictures of our family (including some cousins). i am one incredibly blessed man…as you'll see when you press 'play'. Thanks, @BartMillard and the MercyMe guys for the tune.
Just got Mom’s PET scan results… They found NO cancer in any other organs! Thank you, Jesus! It’s the best possible results we could have gotten in these circumstances. She will start chemotherapy on Monday or Tuesday, and we’ll start fighting this thing head on. Thanks so much for all your prayers in this. We [...]
Yesterday afternoon my dad called with the biopsy results. My mom has been diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer, a stage IV cancer that's particularly aggressive and nasty. As with a lot of IBC patients, it was misdiagnosed in December as mastitis or some kind of staph-like infection. Now that we have some definitive information, we [...]
Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still and know that I am God.” He’d to do that without remembering the words of Jesus… “Martha, Martha…you are worried about so many things. Only one thing is important..” Tom, Tom… You are worried about so many things. Be still. Know. Trust.
On January 2, 2010, I began the process of reading the Bible through in 90 days using the YouVersion.com online plan. If I stay on track, I’ll finish with Revelation 22 on April 2. There are certainly other ways to read the Bible other than ‘in 90 days’, but here are the reasons why I’m [...]
