My friend, Danny, shared this quote on his blog the other day.  This one hurts.  Sad thing, like many other things - I won’t do much about this.  
“If you REALLY believe in the saving power of Jesus Christ then why in the world would you show up at church every single Sunday without a [...]

I love this realistic picture Ronald Rolheiser paints of the church.
To be connected with the church is to be associated with scoundrels, warmongers, fakes, child-molesters, murders, adulterers, and hypocrites of every description.  It also, at the same time, identifies you with saints and the finest persons of heroic soul within every time, country, race, and gender. To [...]

Green Mt. Falls kicked my butt. It gave me a nice goose egg on my head too. Stupid tree. Here is some images from the hike:

Honestly I don’t have much to say.  I hate when I get like this.  I feel like I am just rambling, but on the flip side I feel like I need to write something.  I mean…what’s the point of a blog if you don’t write anything anyway.  
I guess I will share something that I [...]

I don’t have much to write, but I have been thinking about this 5 chapter autobiography that I’ve heard read to me before.  I’m not sure why I have been thinking about this the past couple days, but I have, and wanted to share it with you.
Autobiography in Five Chapters
Chapter One
I walk down the street.
There [...]

My Lifes a painting I’ve done blind
With each brushstroke you’ll see me blur every solid line
Over this Canvas I have stood with no one left beside me.
no on to decide if its good.
- “Sing” / The Classic Crime /  The Silver Cord
So I have been listening to the new The Classic Crime album and was [...]

So it’s 10 after 11 and I’m laying here in bed thinking about stuff and a question that’s popped into my head from earlier today is this:
Has the church, in it’s whole, lost the concept and demonstration of grace?
While I’m not justifying sin, etc. I wonder has the church become more of a institution that [...]

I just don’t know where to begin really.  My last post stated I had made it to Colorado.  All I can say its been a great ‘ride’ so far.  I have been meeting some amazing people and getting plugged in where I can.  Its been a great transition of this new life so far and [...]

Just wanted to update you all quickly on things happening in my life. I am now residing in Colorado indefinitely and seeking to see where the Lord will lead me in the journey called life. I spent a great week with family and friends as I traveled from Pennsylvania to Colorado with a [...]

Today I was catching up on some podcasts from last week that I had not gotten a chance to listen to. I listen to two on a regular basis, as I have probably mentioned before, but one of them is Cornerstone Simi church in Simi Valley, CA. I can’t quite remember how I [...]

I think this is a really one…for a few days anyway. I’ve had a bit on my mind since yesterday morning and I’m processing it yet.  In some aspects I’m not sure how to or what to do with it.  Maybe if just needs to go into my private journal for safe keeping.  But with [...]

There isn’t much to this post other than the fact that I have a lot on my heart right now.  Lot’s of personal stuff that I’ve been thinking about today.  I’ve know I’ve been neglecting the fact that I have some stuff I need to deal with, and allowing God to change me.  I’m simply [...]

Not much that needs to be said about this.

(HT: Cory Mann)

If you are reading this…hopefully its before 7 AM EST.  But I just wanted to throw a quick prayer request out there for my two friends Danny and Cassie in Chattanooga, TN.  At 7 AM EST, Cassie will be going into surgery to have a c-section performed. Their son, Cade, will be born as there are [...]

Marriage.  This one scares me.  Not sure why.  I’m afraid of failure I suppose.  I’m afraid of not being suited for a particular moment or time when someone or a family depends on me.  I’m afraid of being someone I don’t want to be, and don’t know how to change that.  Sometimes I lay awake [...]