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 want [...]
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 doing [...]
Re-evaluation and change is something I applaud. More quickly in others than myself perhaps… But as 2010 begins, I've resolved to the following commitments. I hope you'll join me.
First, I've committed to calling it 'twenty-ten' or 'two-thousand ten'. But never anything 'oh-ten'. I'm pretty certain we won't refer to 2026 as 'oh-twenty-six', so give up [...]
"The only thing you will ever know
is what you see
and what you read."
In the past year, I've read (or re-read) a handful of books that are on my 'Keep These Close to You' books.
1. Worship Matters, by Bob Kauflin. Perhaps the best thing I've read on worship this year. Whether it's as a [...]
Today, December 3 marks the birthdays of two influential people in the culture of my life. I've sent them both birthday wishes…
Ozzy Osbourne, rock icon…
and Jim Richards, Executive Director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention
To bring balance to the Force, take time to view lyrics to Ozzy's Bark At The Moon, and those of the Baptist Faith and [...]
God has blessed me with in some crazy ways: the unyielding love of an amazing wife, 3 beautiful kids, an incredible church family, and a crew of dear friends I live, laugh, cry and worship with. Without them and Him, I would be without hope, without love, and without joy.
But I’m also thankful when God [...]
I used to run a little blog over here. (thank you, Zakk Wylde, for inspiration on the title).
I took a little trip down amnesia lane this week and drifted through the pages. And came one click away from completely deleting it altogether. Parts of it are pretty embarrassing. Things I said. Propositions I argued over. [...]
I've been ruined.
There, I said it. By the grace of Jesus I am realizing more and more how I'm being restored. I am being reclaimed. Redeemed. Learning how much of me is still cracked, but realizing that I'm not as responsible for fixing myself as i once thought.
I am being fixed by Another.
Lately, it [...]
I commented via my Twitter a few days ago that the two greatest days in your life are (1) the day you are born, and (2) the day you realize why. I’m not sure where or when I first realized (or possibly, heard) that, but it resonates within me still.
I’m incredibly blessed to know [...]
