A Journey Through

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

A short mid year update. After teaching for the past few months I will be moving on to something else. Not really by choice however with my classes falling down to only two a week I am able to pay the bills as needed. Don’t get me wrong because I love teaching and found the … More Chinese to English

新年快乐  恭喜发财  Happy New Year! Today is the start of the Chinese New Year Spring Festival. (Feb 5th in China) Over the past week its been very cool to witness this amazing tradition with my students. I got to see first hand and be part of what is called was a “hongbao” (red envelope) being … More 新年快乐 Happy Chinese New Year!

As always we start a new year with more changes. But that seems to be life right? Changes can be good, stressful, painful, amazing, challenging, rewarding and life impacting. The best thing about changes is we serve a God who doesn’t change and is always the same. “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today … More New Year, New Things