Two men were crucified with Jesus. Criminals condemned for their deeds and Scripture was fulfilled, “He was number among the transgressors.” One of the criminals hurled insults at Jesus. Condemned to the same death, his pride caused him to join the crowd in taunting Him. The other criminal rebuked him, “Do you not fear God?” Then he cried out to …

Great words from a great tune by the Commodors. Cause I’m easy/easy like Sunday morning I don’t know about you guys, but Sunday mornings are anything but easy for me. Up at 7:00, off to church by 7:40, prep for worship, pray, practice worship, lead worship, listen to sermon, get back up for closing song, wait for Tony to do …

From the brain of Tony: Proverbs 25:28 says, “Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls.” A city without walls can function as well as any other city – except when attacked. You could live in that city with an illusion of safety, never realizing you were completely defenseless until it was …

1957 – National Championship Game, somewhere in football landAnnouncer: This is unbelievable folks. State has taken the title. The underdogs defeating to top ranked U for the national championship. Announcer 2: Oh, they’re going to be celebrating in Stateville tonight, Tom. Unbelievable. Coach Atwater stood on the side lines with is hands tucked in to his pockets, watching the final …

It’s my privilege to host Susan May Warren on my blog as part of her Reclaiming Nick blog tour! I‘ve known Susie for a couple of years, and have become good friends. Susie is an extroverts of extroverts. She is lively and full of energy. Always smiling. She loves to help and mentor authors, and has been an anchor on …

All right, I’ve had enough. The beast, er, the Christmas tree must come down. I woke up with writing on my mind, took Pal for a walk, (man it’s hot for January) and came home ready to fritter away some time until I could get up the courage to write. Tony and I started talking about going for some lunch, …

I just spent over an hour working on MySpace. Oops. I mean frittered away valuable… No, I just invested time in… marketing and networking! Yeah, that’s it. Marketing. Shew, for a minute there I thought I wasted sixty minutes of valuable writing time. But, no I’m good.

I asked God to connect with our local friends again. Tonight, Tony called around 4:30 and though I still had some writing to do, he said our friend Ted invited us over for dinner with several other folks. “Yes.” We had a great time. As always when with Ted and Linda, the night was encouraging. Ted’s son Josh broke out …

I love holiday. I love vacation and Christmas break, but oh, I so welcome back the routine. We woke up this morning, went to prayer. I came home and got to thinking/writing, moving my work into the living room and building a fire. It’s not that cold here. Okay, it’s not cold at all, but the day was grey and …