The sun has slipped away in the west leaving behind soft touches of low light and creating silhouettes of the nearby trees. The air is shifting from the heat of the day to the cool of the night. My heart is happy. I kick off my shoes, grab my camera, plant my bare feet in […]…
My session with my mentor Jerry had been less than fun, I was feeling the weight of the journey ahead of me and the work to be done. “Richie, you’re still the key.” he had said. As I was leaving, I read words on a banner that I’ve passed hundreds of times over the years. […]…
Research shows that the number of men and women getting hooked by porn is rising. We can’t fool ourselves by believing that this issue isn’t touching us in the church. In many cases pornography is destroying us. As a ministry, we have determined that we will speak up to say, “Let’s talk about this.” I’m happy […]…
It’s a phrase we Christians like to toss around. But what do we really mean when we say we’re “waiting on the Lord?” I personally, am not much into waiting for anyone. I want things to happen and quickly! If I’ve waited five minutes, I tend to think I’ve waited enough! If you resonate with that […]…
Thirteen Days. Two weeks from yesterday, we are planning to load all the physical trappings of our life into a truck and remove them from this place that has been home for the last six years. The question most people are asking is, Do you know where you’re going yet?” The answer is simply, “No […]…
I didn’t see it coming, that’s for sure. One day she was there and the next she was gone. I didn’t know how to handle the loss I felt. I wasn’t sure what to do with myself. My mom has been one of our family’s biggest cheerleaders. She has celebrated every win we’ve had and […]…
The other day a friend exuberantly told me some excellent news. I was very excited for her and eager to share the news with the others in my family. When I told Richie and the kids, Caleb’s bright-eyed response was, “We should celebrate! We should have a sparkly drink with dinner tonight!” Can we bring […]…
I (Richie) was listening, but could hardly believe what I was hearing. My friend, Janice, was telling me exactly why she believed that God had given her permission to divorce her husband! With great emotion on her face she blurted, “I know it’s not God’s will for me to be miserable the rest of my life!” […]…