In the late Spring of 2021, while spending time in the sun at the beach, I became sick with severe fatigue that lasted weeks. One morning, I woke up to severe pain. After going to urgent care, the urgent care doctor wasn’t much help and sent me home. A week later, I began to feel … More Start of Lupus

Returning to my “Honest Review” post, it has been a challenging journey to find my place. The question: If given the chance again, would I still have moved to FL? That would be a solid no. Not only did we move away from family, but we lost not only our friends, church, but also our … More Church to School?

Every few years, it seems I come back to blogging. Life always gets in the way, and writing is pushed back over and over again until I remember this site is still alive. Here we are in 2025, and my last post was in 2023. Boy, how many things have changed during that time. In … More Here we go again…

Happy Chinese New Year! One of my favorite things each year is the Chinese New Year. Mostly due to my years of teaching online in Beijing China. My students always loved sharing photos and their holiday traditions with me. It was such a special time. The other day I was cleaning out one of my … More 新年好

So I saw and photo the other day of a honey bee and started to wonder how much honey can one bee make. I found it kinda cook but always very sad. A Honey Bee lives for a full 40 days. It visits at least 1,000 flowers and produces less than 1 teaspoon of honey. … More Honey Bees

It’s a good time to post a reminder about my blog disclaimer. This is a personal blog. The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer or any other entity I may be affiliated with. Additionally, my thoughts and opinions may change from time to time. I consider this a consequence … More An Honest Review, Ministry

Wow has it really been that much time that has passed since the last time I wrote? I guess so. To be honest I think the past few years have been some of the hardest we have faced as a nation much less as a family. COVID started for us in 2020. In March of … More Where does Time Go!

      So I guess for those who didn’t know already I should make it public. A few weeks ago I posted on Facebook about coming to the end of a season and beginning a new season in life and ministry. One year ago I even preached a sermon titled “Seasons“. I talked about … More New Seasons!

Wow Its been forever sense I had time to blog. In August I took the position at the school district. It’s been a little different then what was betrayed during the interview, but I am learning each day to find joy in what I am doing. I am still very much in sabbatical period that … More Keep on Driving…

A few months ago I preached on seasons. I spoke about four seasons in life a time to rest, a time to prep, a time to sow and a time to harvest. Currently the past few months in my own life I have been in a time of prep. I took a full-time position with … More Long Seasons