I’m not a political guy, at all. If you’ve read any of my previous writings, or followed my social media accounts, I’m sure you are nodding your head in agreement. I’d just as soon have a conversation about sports as I would politics (mind you I struck out in t-ball as a kid, so…
“What I bring you to, I’ll bring you through.” A mixed bag of peace and fear flooded my mind as I sat watching Micah and Kaleb opening their gifts from family on Christmas morning. As smiles, laughter, joy and wrapping paper filled the room my mind was a battle zone. I wanted to smile and…
There is this moment in The Apostle where we find ourselves with Sonny (Robert Duvall) in his bedroom having an extremely dramatic exchange with the Lord. Amidst his tirade with God, Sonny awakens a neighbor, who calls Sonny’s mom to ‘check-in’ on this crazy man in her home. Sonny’s mom responds that it is just her son, and that ever…
In 2004 Michelle and I walked through the back tunnel of Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville, leaping into the unknown with a new adventure in the world of motorsports ministry. For two years I served as the Chaplain of Fairgrounds Speedway, with Michelle by my side, endeavoring to simply love others as we loved ourselves…exposing them to Jesus…
On Sunday October 1st my wife and I boarded our Delta flight from Las Vegas back towards Nashville. We were in the city for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race hosted by Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and tacked on a few days as a ‘getaway’ together as a couple. We had an amazing time exploring…
Growing up I had three big aspirations in life. I wanted to be a NASCAR driver. I wanted to be a Walt Disney Studios animation artist. I wanted to have a pretty wife. (adolescence friends, adolescence.) Ambitious? For sure! Especially the third, but whose childhood dreams aren’t ambitious? Along the way I allowed God to become a central part of my journey and…
Sunday, February 20, 2010; it was the day I quit church. The thoughts, conversations and emotions of the day remain vividly etched into my mind. Let me preface that when I say I quit the church, I’m referring to the ‘church’ as the local gathering of believers; not the church as the body of Christ. Throughout the…
As Dr. Reynolds entered the room and turned off the light prior to placing his laptop on the exam table in front of us, I knew that the news was not going to be favorable. Glowing on his computer screen was, for a lack of better terms, an image of Nacho’s insides. His voice was calm as…
As happens every four years in my life, I have been completely absorbed by the Olympics in Rio, which is intriguing, because I am not your typical ‘sports guy’. My most athletic feats are my ability to ‘disappear’ when any mention of a pick-up game of any sport is mentioned and my uncanny ability…
One evening while I was brushing Micah’s teeth he posed a question to me. “Did you tell anyone about Jesus, Daddy?“ Earlier that morning I had just returned from another event serving the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series community. While the strain of a traveling Dad can be a lot for a family at home…
