Have you ever had your driver's license suspended? Just wondering...I suppose if you're a person whose schedule requires you to drive a vehicle from here to there, then, having your license revoked would create quite a hassle.At which point you would have a significant decision to make: choose to break the law or be at... Continue Reading →

This past weekend I said something that was alarming. Even to me.The introduction of my speech included the use of an "F" word from a childhood memory. Certainly there were gasps. People stunned with bewildered looks on stoic faces. While others sheepishly grinned. But not for reasons you would think.In an effort to garner the... Continue Reading →

My son and I recently spent the day at Stone Mountain, the world's largest exposed piece of granite, riding the Skyride and hiking down the steep western border.There are also smaller chunks of granite around the park that made for great places to run, jump, and play hide-and-seek. As my son's courage continued to grow, I... Continue Reading →

"Step, Swing, Squish!" This is the phrase I repeatedly tell my son before hitting whiffle balls in our back yard, practice balls off the tee, or baseballs in a game. No, I'm not an MLB scout or the hitting coach for a travel ball team. I'm just a dad who hopes his sticky statement for hitting a baseball... Continue Reading →

I promise.Words everyone longs to hear and yet oftentimes go forsaken in the midst of life unfolding in the most unlikely ways. All the while its those words that can still be found ringing in the ears of the betrayed and broken.To find her dressed in white gleaming on her special day. Only to find... Continue Reading →

In my dreams I'm 6 foot 4 inches, I'm dating a super model, and I own a summer house in Fiji. But it always seems that the slightest noise or a single beam of light awakens me at just the moment it couldn't possibly be better. Then there are those moments in my sleep when nightmares of... Continue Reading →

Have you ever heard a story that sounded too good to be true? Some time ago I spoke with a lady who began telling her story, and as she continued to speak I couldn't believe how eerily similar yet wildly unbelievable it sounded. Just a small town girl in a small town world her Friday... Continue Reading →

Several years ago my life ran off the tracks of my own expectations. And there I was crashing and burning in the ditches of relational strife with God nowhere to be seen. I begged God. I blamed God. I even tried to buy God off. I gave him what I thought to be my A-list... Continue Reading →

We tell the world all of our greatest moments and others' biggest blunders.In years past it was our small world gathered around the fridge to gaze upon spring pictures and report cards from school.Our world then grew to include the mailing list of recipients for Christmas cards in the mail.Now we've expanded our world to... Continue Reading →