A New Affection
Did you know that three massively-influential people died on the same day, November 22nd, 1963? It’s true! JF Kennedy, Aldous Huxley, and CS Lewis all died on this day. The […]
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Scrappy
I’ve been asked quite a lot lately why I care so much about Merced and Tuolumne Counties. When I first opened my business in the city of Merced, CA in […]
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The Struggle for Joy
Job chapter 10 reveals Job’s struggle with being permitted to exist. “Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer before […]
Marriage – We Need Your HELP!
We have decided as a couple to post about marriage once a week. Don’t let me off the hook on this one. Marriages in our county are strained and pressed, […]
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Crushed, Abandoned, Alone… No More!
All of us, believers and non-believers alike, experience pressure from all angles. When we serve one another instead of take from one another, when we give instead of get, we […]
“Every Man’s Surrender”
Originally posted on Grounded Gospel:
With my wife traveling in Ireland with her Mom and sisters for a week, I have been and will be until she returns more than…
With my wife traveling in Ireland with her Mom and sisters for a week, I have been and will be until she returns more than…
Stirred Up
I saw a video a couple of days ago where a guy named Clark Little shares his story of being a shorebreak wave photographer. As I observed him in his […]
I’m Ready, LORD!
What does it look like for us to follow Jesus? What does it look like to follow hard after our LORD? I have a mentor who says one of the […]
Preservation of Our Essence
Job chapters one and two are amazing. Job chapter three is straight up depressing as seen from a humanistic perspective. We could join Job’s wife if we saw only through […]
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Gifts
We are all gifts to one another and to those who do not yet know Jesus as Savior and Lord. We are given by the awesome and gracious Maker of […]
Joy Overwhelms
Okay, so this image is MAJORLY CHEESY, but it’s funny and gets us going with seeing the contrast between our hum-drum attitudes and what joy and elation we can have […]
An Open Heart to God
I’ve seen it in us before. You know when we have talked together and known it was right? Something clicked and we were humming along with full connection and meaning, […]
Personal Discipline and Generous Living
“What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar.” – Proverbs 19:22 Let’s each look around us for a second and […]
Marriage, Ministry, and Work Place Missions
My buddy Todd and his wife are an example of a couple prioritizing the love of God in their marriage and over-all life. Todd and Jenn do not try to […]
Patient Men
While fishing here and there in the streams of Tuolumne County and in the Merced River, I’ve been reminded that patience is a precious commodity among the human race. Personally, […]
Women of Virtue, Women of Influence
My mother-in-law is a woman of virtue, and she has raised four daughters and influenced many more women who are also women of virtue. As I read in Proverbs 16, […]
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