Dear Geoffrey,I attempted to call you but you did not answer the phone. Therefore I am left to draw one of three conclusions. 1) Your phone fell into radioactive goo transforming if into a robot and being tired of your ceaseless demands of calling if ran away. 2) Due to an icreased amount and volume of you giving shoutouts to people you know across large rooms you have shouted so loud you are Read Full Story

Season change. And so with the seasons humankind itself changes. The person I am today is not the same person I was yesterday. I have grown, experienced life for that much longer. The person I am today is not the same person I was one year ago. When honesty can be depicted through the blur of the speed of life, after the passing of one year I have a little less hope. Not that I am void of Read Full Story

I once asked my father how it was a person became smart. He told me that I needed to ask questions. I took this advice to heart and have questioned him, along with many others, tirelessly, since. There was one thing I didn't fully understand about the wisdom that my father dispensed me. I was perfectly content to ask questions, the problem I developed was not waiting to listen for the answer. Read Full Story

It has now been one year since Ashley and I changed our facebook relationship status to married. Our first year of marriage has been great. Traditionally the couple is suppose to save the top of the wedding cake and freeze it to defrost an enjoy on the first anniversary. Not wanting to offend the gods of tradition Ashley and I removed the top of our cake and placed it in her parent's deep Read Full Story

I hate comparisons. I work in a job and business where pastors are constantly compared to “the last guy.” The funny thing is, after being compared so much we start comparing ourselves, many times we don’t even know. Most everyone wants to be a success, which is one of the reasons why comparisons can hurt so much; we are viewed in the light of another’s actions. The result is an ugly beast Read Full Story

“Life is made up of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort”--Humphrey DavyWhen strength and joy seems to be fading you must take hope from anywhere you can get it. When the path we tread becomes overwhelmed with shades of gray it is important to hold on to the things that will get you through Read Full Story

As I have previously discusses in other post, I am not a fan of corporate America. I don't know If it is my generation's obsession with Indy films, organic foods, and corner coffee houses or my secret ambitions to be an 80's rock star, but I have previously made a committment to myself to never let "The Man" get to me. But as all heroes, zealots, and stubornly cynical people do, I too have a Read Full Story

Today has been a Christmas of firsts. I am twenty two years old and in twenty two years this is the first that I have not been with my immediate family. While they spent the day in Little Elm (near Dallas) I spent the day in Magnolia (near Houston). While this was my first Christmas away from the only family I have known on Christmas it was also the first Christmas I spent with my new family, Read Full Story

It is probably a good thing that I am not Santa Claus. I think that he must be a pretty lenient guy. There were definitely some kids that I knew growing up who should have been on the naughty list yet they would still return to school bragging about what Santa had brought them. In the spirit of Christmas Eve I decided to make my own list concerning who does and does not get presents. Were I to Read Full Story

This past week while spending time with my wife's family, my father-in-law and I spent quite a bit of time at Healthsouth of North Houston. Healthsouth is the current resident of my mother-in-law's mother, Wanda Dennis (Ashley's grandmother). Ms. Dennis suffers from Alzheimer's. Her neurological disease in addition to the surgery and stroke she's gone through over the past two months have Read Full Story