I wish I could say that I majored in Sociology at The University of Florida for some intelligent reason. Fact is, this concentration of classes had the fewest math requirements (which meant more ATO fraternity time – plus I don’t do math well.
Turns out that those four study filled years of my life crafted and [...]
Archive for July, 2008
31 Jul
Will You Be My Friend?
30 Jul
Top 10 Battle Cries of a Dad Trapped in a Slumber Party Marathon
Maybe it’s the supercharged pool of estrogen I’m swimming in for 16 straight days…maybe.
Mom and oldest daughter are out of the country on a mission trip. So it’s just me and my 3 princesses. Over our first dinner together, I innocently (and foolishly) asked them “What’s the longest slumber party you’ve had”. I was thinking [...]
29 Jul
Close the Front Door!
My chocolate Lab – Harley – loves to open my front door as he pleases.
I guess he’s a bright dog, at least resourceful. But this dog can only open the door. If left unlocked, I often get a thank you letter from our local electric company for doing our part to cool the neighborhood.
Close the [...]
28 Jul
Creating a Passing Lane
One of the joys in my life is watching my 13 year old daughter Bailey play basketball.
She is good, and has an instinct that is unteachable. Bay is using a gift that God has given her. Right now, this gift is perfecting and manifesting itself in a simple game. My prayer is that one day [...]
25 Jul
Tag Lines
Word-Smithing a string of thoughts together that stimulate the mind.
Love that.
Like this:
love beyond sex…
faith beyond sociological stereotypes….
and ideas beyond the politically correct….
25 Jul
Hearing God – Element 4 – WRITE!
Went to a bachelors party last night.
Not THAT kind of party! It was an evening of speaking truth and encouragement over a young man as he prepares for his wedding day.
And I had the double blessing of sitting next to two of my most favorite people. Wow, reflecting back, a good fillet prepared perfectly with [...]
24 Jul
Hearing God – Element 3 – Open the Eyes of My Heart
The one thing…above everything else this morning Lord, will you help me to hear your voice today?
3rd Element – As I pray, I fix the eyes of my heart upon Jesus, seeing in the spirit the dreams and visions of Almighty God.
Habakkuk said, “I will keep watch to see,” and God said, “Record the vision” [...]
23 Jul
Hearing God’s Voice – Element 2 – Pure Flow
The absolute most difficult discipline for me. But it is here, in this very moment, that I sometimes experience a brief yet incredibly tender face time with my Creator.
2nd Element – We must learn to still my own thoughts and emotions, so that I can sense God’s flow of thoughts and emotions within me.
Habakkuk said, [...]
22 Jul
The 4 Major Elements to Hearing God’s Voice
The word of the day is = paga.
As I continue my real time quest of learning how to more effectively hear the voice of my Creator, I wanted to share with you some direct quotes from one of my mentors, Jose Barreda. He is teaching me about the 4 Elements to hearing the voice of [...]
21 Jul
Daddy, Where Are You?
My worst fear…
Losing one of my girls.
I mean losing in the sense that I was responsible – I took 4 of them somewhere by myself and came home with a number less than 4.
Saturday afternoon, some 10 years ago, I took them to umm…say Sports Authority – all 4 of them. In hindsight I was [...]
18 Jul
God…Is That You???
OK – so if the one thing…the one thing that all of us Christ followers should know is how to hear the voice of our Creator, this leads me to a bunch of really BIG questions:
How do I hear His voice?
How do I know what I THINK is His voice REALLY is His voice.
And what [...]
16 Jul
The One Thing Is _________
I suppose the answer is subjective.
While I believe it is correct, you could argue something different.
But…
Thanks to all who played – lots of emails and a few posts to the Blog. Looks like the grand prize will have to roll over to next week, you all were wrong – my game, my rules
To [...]
15 Jul
The One Thing…
He set me up…
I felt it coming, playing the part of the victim before, I knew how to recognize the set-up from the sentence structure, posed in the form of a question:
“What’s the one thing…?”
Living in the same town for almost 30 years has it’s advantages. Jose Barreda was a youth pastor here in Tampa [...]
14 Jul
Who, Versus How Many…
Seth Godin recently posted the above blog title. While his content went a different direction, the title sparked some thoughts…
Think about your church.
I’m thinking about “mine”.
The pendulum is swinging back. A significant correction is about to take place. History repeats itself – if God allows us to live long enough to watch the cycle repeat.
Some [...]
7 Jul
What Does This Mean?
To be saved – you need to ask Jesus into your heart, right?
2 basic questions…I think.
1. What does it mean to “invite Jesus” (Mr. or Mrs. veteran Christian) into your heart ?
2. What do you think “invite into your heart” means to a non-believer, un-churched individual?
This discussion was birthed from an email from my hero [...]
3 Jul
Receive and Pour…
Sure it was a bit awkward. A blind date of sorts. He and I had never met.
But yesterday I found myself headed to his office to pick him up and take him to lunch. “He” was one of the leading authorities on Church Assimilation. Roy Mansfield runs the international operations center for Nelson Searcy and [...]
2 Jul
Rays Win!
The four of us guys piled into my Jeep at about 3:30pm yesterday.
The Tampa Bay Rays were playing their hated rivals the Boston Red Sox, and we scored 4 lower level tickets. An evening at The Trop – 3 of my good friends – and first place at stake (not just of the American League [...]
1 Jul
Cardboard Testimony
Due to the polularity of this entry, I had to move it to my new site. Click here:
Cardboard Testimony
Say What?