When Grace Happens

A few weeks ago I did the song “All of Me” by John Legend in my son’s wedding, and then I heard he was coming to Raleigh. It was last night. I really wanted to go, but had no ticket. Really cool thing happened. 5:00pm – Home from work. No tickets. 6:00pm – I’ll just get some work done for church. 7:00pm – I wonder what’s new on Netflix. The concert woulda been great. 7:30pm – Sitting on my bed watching a documentary on killer whales. Fascinating. Concert starts now. 8:00pm –

“What do you do for life?” She stepped off the plane, grabbed her bags and looked for the nearest taxi.  It’s not hard on the small island of St. Croix. There’s always a line of taxis lined up along the outdoor baggage claim.  Guys waiting to take the next person hopefully as far and as long as possible to keep the meter running. As a young executive for a large international company, she’s used to rushing here and there, exploring new places, and making small talk with taxi

My son’s getting married this week.  Yikes!!!  I mean Yeah!!!  He’s the second of my children to be married off and truth be told, I think it may be too late to share with him everything I’ve learned about marriage, family, fatherhood and the like. I decided at the beginning of this week that basically I have 7 days left to share with him everything I know.  So, in my usual “kinda late for that dad” fashion, I’ve been sending him a lesson a day…in a text.  I’ve started most o

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The other day I found a voice recorder in my garage.  It had been sitting in the bottom of a box for the last 13 years, and to my surprise, when I put a battery in it, I started listened to all the messages I recorded to myself 13 years ago.  Song ideas, reminders, melodies, phone numbers, and names of people I needed to call.  One message was simply my son saying, “Hi dad.”  I’ve listened to that one about 25 times now.  I can’t tell you why it means so much…but it does.  Th