When Grace Happens

I don’t know how to start this blog, but here goes: In the beginning God.  It all starts with Him and comes back to Him. 4-13-2011  A Young Chinese girl sits behind a piano and sings “I GIVE MYSELF AWAY.“ Spring of 2011  A pastor at my church says, “You need to hear this new song, I Give Myself Away.” 6-24-2011  Our church sings/prays to the Lord, “I Give Myself Away.” 2011-2013  That Song becomes a prayer and a heart cry for me personally and for many of our services a

I somehow lost the key to my car at church this past Sunday and couldn’t get home.  After the service I searched and searched everywhere to no avail.  I had my keyring that I came to church with, but oddly the key to my car was missing. Stuck at church.  I know…it could be worse.  I could get into the car with the keyless entry, but couldn’t start the car. I had fully expected to find it, dropped in the parking lot, in the lost and found area, under my desk, by my piano, in m

I like flying. The whole idea of going somewhere, in my book, is better than going…nowhere. But, I wanna be the one to decide where I’m going and when I’m going. I set out a few weeks ago from Houston thinking I had one stop in Singapore before my final destination, Myanmar. Instead, the captain announced after takeoff, “Well, ladies and gentleman, sit back and enjoy our nonstop flight to Moscow.” Moscow…as in Russia? I never knew we were going to Russia. I’ve been there and

My daughter Corin often brings my granddaughter London up to my office to visit. She carries her up three flights of stairs and loves to then sit her down on the carpet to let her crawl all the way down to my office.  I’m always waiting outside my door… on my knees too.  She sees me, flashes one of those, “I see you and I’m coming” smiles and starts her long crawl towards me.  Most of the time, I end up crawling towards her, and we meet each other in the middle.  At that poi

I recently made a drastic shift in my diet to fruits, vegetables, grains, and fish. I coerced, I mean invited, my daughter to try my new daily smoothie of kale, carrots, spinach, blueberries, a banana, an apple and a small bit of pomegranate juice. Let’s just say that she was not a fan. To me it tasted like a “vegetably” applesauce, but her response, “Dad, I can’t do it. Do you really like that?” People are different. And if you’ve been around church for long, you’ve no doubt