“If you werent afraid of death, or failure, or if you weren’t afraid of rejection, if you were not afraid of humiliation, if you were not afraid of what other people thought about you, if you were not afraid of anything, what would you be doing? What would you do with your life?” – Erwin Mcmanus
This quote just screams out vulnerability and community to me. I know for myself there are times I am afraid to admit my fears or insecurities, but being able …

From Scott Hunter’s Facebook Page:
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who actually is in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strived valiantly; who errs, and comes short again and again and again because there is no effort with out error and short coming; who does actually try to do the …

When you lose heart you can’t love.
When you lose heart you can’t worship… you can’t serve… Read More… Click on Title above.

warfareI heard the African missionary speak to the church I was attending in 1999. He was sharing stories from his previous year. They seemed so dramatic. In my mind the stories sounded something like near poisonings and kids crawling in bed with a snake, but I can’t remember for sure. Spiritual Warfare,” he spoke. “Hogwash,” I thought! You moved to a tribal area in Africa… what were you expecting…

Part of doing church means that we are supposed to be there for each other, to spur each other on, to encourage one another in words and deeds. Unfortunately, that does not…

One of the deepest longings in my heart is to be part of a team giving our lives away for a purpose greater than any of us on our best day! Men die daily in service to purposes they perceive to be the greatest on Earth, but…

Once the plane leveled out I watched each of my buddies and their instructors waddle as one awkward unit to the door where they went through some sort of rehearsed routine that ended with them jumping out of the plane together – My experience was quite different…

I’ll never forget the circumstances surrounding this picture.  Julie and I were on our 10th anniversary cruise a couple weeks ago.  I’m not a fan of beaches and sand.  When I vacation, I love to see the people and places.  Julie likes to sit on a beach and “veg out.”  Normally this works because I’ll go shoot pictures or see the town while she hangs out in the sand.
Well, a man in his right mind does not leave his lady alone on a beach in the middle of Mexican jungles.  …

Today I realized that I am free to follow God wherever He leads me. Today nothing is holding me back to follow! Click on title to read more…