Stripping Away the Paint: The Year COVID [Didn’t] Cancel Easter

It has been lamented by some that Easter has been cancelled by COVID. But that's impossible. You cannot cancel that which has already taken place. At the turn of the century, furniture was lovingly and painstakingly hewn by tradesmen who had spent their entire lives learning to understand the intricate beauty of the woods with [...]

Put Down Our Stones

Irony: People that are appalled by the crotch shots at the Super Bowl keeping the vag vibe alive by continuously sharing crotch shots from the Super Bowl. I cannot tell you the number of people who are vocally aghast at the 'blatant sexuality' of the recent halftime set who in turn keep searching out gratuitous [...]

Thoughts and Prayers

I awoke this morning to the news that overnight another nine lives were taken...and infinitely more forever altered...by an act of hatred in Dayton, Ohio. That right on the heels of another mass shooting in El Paso, TX approximately 14 hours earlier where 20 people were randomly gunned down in a Walmart. You know, for [...]

Five Things Every Christian Should Do on Easter

Let’s just get something straight: Easter is not for Christians. And all God's people gasped in unified protestation…"SAY WHAT???  So who exactly is Easter for then, pray tell?" Well…that guy of course.  Easter is for that dirty guy that reeks of alcohol who is passed out under the 9th street bridge.  Easter is for that [...]

Sunday Christianity

‘Sunday’ Christianity is, perhaps, one of the most dangerous kinds of religion (at least for it’s followers). That's because we have completely and utterly deceived ourselves that we are A-Okay with the big man upstairs. We go to church like good little girls and boys and play by the rules. We are generally ‘good’ and [...]

Love Wins

This past two weeks I have been dealing with a service issue nightmare. It's a really long story, and if you really want to know all the details you can read it here. Basically, my refrigerator went out and I've been getting the big box runaround for two weeks with no resolution (and in fact [...]

The Invisible Man

I recently had the opportunity to take my daughter and her sweet friend to a Lauren Daigle concert. It was her birthday present; you know 'experiences and not stuff' and all of that really awesome sounding parenting paraphernalia. I like to pretend that I'm totally rocking this whole anti-materialistic parenting technique thing, you know? So [...]

Let It Snow

Today is November 13th. We live in south Texas. Those two things are of great importance to this story. You see, one week ago today the kids and I were at an outdoor festival. It was steaming hot. The temperature reached a disagreeable 86 degrees with 98% humidity. Pleasant? No. Typical? Sadly, yes. That's why [...]

Love Them Anyway

I give myself away. Constantly. I bleed myself dry for people - making time where none exists, overcoming impossible obstacles, showing up when I’m too sick to stand, putting my own needs last, saying yes when everyone else has said no. And then, when I have nothing left to give, I still say yes and [...]

Dear Carolinas, Love Texas

Dear Carolinas, We see you. We just want you to know that you are not alone. We know what it is like to sit day after excruciating day while the heavens pour out their never-ending wrath upon you, wondering if it is ever going to end...and if it does, what might be left of life [...]