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  • Do you have a favorite singer ??? Me, that’s a heck yeah … I’ve got a lot of singers and groups that i LIKE, but, everyone that knows me knows that there’s one that i can listen to all the time … Billy Joel .. Why am i bringing this up you say ??? Good… Read more

  • Starting off with two “F words” here … “Forgive and Forget” … How many times have we heard them together … like peanut butter and jelly, bread and butter, or  … tea and pot, cec and goofy … You get my meaning …. But, what if i said that i kinda like bread by itself… Read more

  • Fatherly Love

    A lot of y’all know that I’m named after my dad, who was named after his dad, who was named after his dad… that makes me the fourth. But what most folks don’t know is that my parents “technically” didn’t follow the rules when I was born. (Hmmm… is that where I got it from?!)… Read more

  • Experience Is Everything

      For the last 10 years or so my email tag has been “Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork” … I stand by it 100% … For the decade or so before that it was “Experience is What You Get Right After You Need It” … Also very true, and i stand by it, but, experience (ha!… Read more

  • This devotional is video only … Please enjoy 🙂 … Text Devotionals will resume with the next upload !!! Thank you for understanding !!!! Bibliography Edward Andrews, Christian Apologetics: Answering the Tough Questions (Cambridge, OH: Christian Publishing House, 2023). 2 Scott D. Harrower, “The Problem of Evil,” in Lexham Survey of Theology, ed. Mark Ward… Read more

  • Knowledge and Wisdom 

    For those of y’all that don’t know … My “day” job consists of me workin with databases and grown up stuff … Some of which is teachin’ what i do … The teachin’ used to be a bigger part back when i was more involved with servers, but, it still hangs around … Now, why… Read more

  • Prayer Time Anytime

    A sprinkler repair leads to a devotional about prayer time … If that’s not a reason to pray for my wife, well, i don’t know what is 🙂 … Welcome to a peek inside the hamster running underneath the disappearing hair on top of this guy’s head. As i was watching Gabriel (fitting name, eh!)… Read more

  • What’s the 3 most important things in Real Estate ??? Location Location Location !!!! What’s the 3 most important things in any relationship ??? Communication Communication Communication !!!! I don’t care where you are (see what i did there!) … Or what relationship you’re talking about (I did it again!) … If you’re not able… Read more

  • Faith Hope and Love

    There’s 3 things that are the MOST important things that every married man needs to know right before upgrading from fiance to husband … “Yes Dear” … “I’m Sorry” … “That Looks Lovely” … And … Now this is the most important part … Pay attention BEFORE saying them … ‘cause … “does this make… Read more

  • This Old Thing

    Those that forget the past are doomed to relive it … A quote that i learned a long time ago and it stuck … Ya see, we’re not all that complicated, we tend to do the same things, think the same ways, and … Yup … You guessed it … Make the same mistakes …… Read more

  • Memories that Last

    There’s a back road we take to go from Toni’s school to the Wally World … Of course there is … That’s not the big secret … But, every time we’re on it, when we pass this one Hospice House all of a sudden a flood of memories goes through me … You see, a… Read more

  • Teachin’ in the 20’s

    From Jungles to Mountains … From Campfires to Oceans … From Geeks to Bible Heroes … and From Florida to the Holy Land … No … I’m not smelling burnt toast and i can still feel both arms just fine, no need for a stroke test … All but the last list above are Vacation… Read more

  • Raise your hand REALLY high if you just LOOOVE “Monday’s” … (and, i don’t necessarily mean that day of the week, i mean the first day of work for you each week) … Keep them up … real high now … Shucks … We don’t have any way of marking all my “people” 😛 …… Read more

  • Two of a Kind

    Today’s a weird anniversary for me … It’s the 54th anniversary of the last day i was an only child … For 25 months it was just “Baby Bud” or “Buddy” around the Rice crib … But … Then … WHAM … Lots of crying and my life would never be the same … I… Read more

  • Titles

    How many titles do you “carry” ???? At first that seems like such a simple question, but, when you start diggin’ in, it’s really NOT … Context matters … Heck … My wife could start shufflin’ off dozens even before you finished sounding out the whole word context … I kid, i kid … I… Read more