Do You Linger?
Without chaotic distractions my mind would begin to rumble before churning into full-blown danger mode. My remedy was to stay distracted with other distracting thoughts, activities or people.
Pouring Out Your Oil Always Gives You More
From the tabernacle to the feet of Jesus, oil poured out is symbolic of God’s own gifting.
Jesus Needed His Space. So Do We
Jesus Needed His Space. So Do We The middle of September found me busier than the last six months, but just as […]
Is This Our Final 4th of July, Independence Day Celebration?
But there’s a sinister atmosphere in this nation that we’ve never known. Even darker these days than the light of a once bright American Spirit can pierce.
Father’s Day Can Be A Tough One
As a matter of fact, Father’s Day is an annual reminder of the distant and dysfunctional connection I had with my own dad.
Mullet Life. The Great Deception
Don’t allow open sanctuary doors to become more about, “Hello” than “Hallelujah”.
Hit The Wall Yet? How Many Times?
I think it was Bruce Lee who said “Be water.” It’s important to remain fluid in certain situations and understand that ultimately we are not in control.
Let Me Be Honest – I Struggled This Week. A Lot
Grabbing brief moments of distraction helps, but it’s not the answer. God is the answer and the only way we will have that peace that surpasses all understanding is to press into our relationships with Jesus Christ.
From Social Ghost to Holy Ghost: Surviving Police Retirement
Life was falling apart and all I could do was crumble atop the people closest to me. My wife and kids were dodging emotional boulders, and ducking away from tumbling personality projectiles.
Anniversaries Of Trauma: How Are You Marking Tragedy?
I used to suck it up and go about my days in hopes of the effects lessening or that I wouldn’t do something to myself in those darkest moments of grief and despair over the conflicting feelings brought about by another of those anniversaries.
Why Sitting In Church Is Bad For Men
Staff men’s ministries with volunteers of actual men who’ve messed up more in life than leaving a dog-eared copy of the latest men’s grooming magazine on the counter.
Profiles In Personal Pain: Which One Are You?
What’s really eating away at you? Are regrets consuming your thoughts so you’re forced to shut them down? Can you sit in […]
25 Days of 31: Broken and Blue
There are a lot of great cops doing almost impossible things under the most dire of circumstances. And that’s even before they go on duty. When I was led by God to retire from law enforcement, I just knew He was going to give me something special in return. He did. It’s my life.
24 Days of 31: How Could You
Having to explain what you did, why you did it and how it is that you now have peace because of what you did placed the relationship in a bind, but friendship reset the balance.
23 Days of 31: You Can Fix That
Everyone has hurt in their life. I mean, how can you not. This doesn’t mean everyone was abused or abandoned, or suffered through childhood. Maybe it was the loss of a parent or child, or divorce.
Breaking The Chains Of Past Pain | Five Stones
“I stopped living the same year over and over again, and started taking control of my life by using the very truths I’m sharing with you.” Dr. Scott Silverii for Five Stones University.
8 of 31 Days: It Was Me
8 of 31 Days: It Was Me Have you ever felt your spouse’s tears roll across your shoulder? Over the last few […]
Freedom From Pain? Broken And Blue Is Required Reading For LEO & Family
Broken and Blue: A Policeman’s Guide to Health, Healing and Hope This is possibly the most important project I’ve ever worked on. […]
It Doesn’t Always Go The Way You Planned
And closure comes in life’s transitions… I chose to retire on August 28th because it had held such a devastating association over […]
Policing & Personal Pain: Freedom for Healing from Your Past
Healing from your past is about gaining freedom from the things, people or events that have shackled you down and prevented you from knowing God’s glorious plans for your life.
Jesus: He Sees Us
Jesus: He Sees Us Imagine the woman with an issue of blood in a horde of people clamoring to see Jesus. She […]
FIT@50 / week 22: Unmasked
expectation of going home and pretending like nothing special or horrific happened.
“PEOPLE I LOVE” Week – Day 5
Waverly Mercy and Healing This is the greatest love of all. The love God shows me. I have been obedient at times in my life and I have been downright rebellious in my life. God always loves me. Even when I walked away. In 2006 my son was born. The delivery came fast and complicated. After a rushed surgery, a beautiful screaming baby boy arrived. He was perfect, and yet there was a sense of “what if” amongst the hospital staff. The next […]