I was raised with a father and mother who loved my sister and me and were not shy about letting us know it.  Does this mean they were perfect and didn't mess up?  They would each be the first to admit that's not true, but as I get older and learn more and more about … Continue reading God Our Father →

I've shared previously growing up a churchboy for me meant nearly my entire musical education and consumption came from bands labeled Christian.  These were bands whose albums were recorded on Christian record labels, marketed to Christians, and sold nearly exclusively in Christian bookstores.  I was not totally ignorant of what was considered hit songs or … Continue reading Churchboy Soundtrack: The God That Failed →

Lord is it possible to get this far And just now understand who You are? In 2014, after two years of repeatedly hearing preaching and teaching on the true nature of God's love and how I did nothing to earn it, I could do nothing to deserve it, and I would never do anything to … Continue reading Churchboy Soundtrack: Welcome to the New →

Music has always played an important role in my life.  Growing up with a CD collection containing over 350 albums, each season of life contains its own soundtrack.  If certain songs are heard, memories -- both good and bad -- flood in like a tidal wave instantly taking me back to times and places past.  … Continue reading Coming Soon: Soundtrack of a Churchboy’s Recovery →

All it takes is two distinct chords rhythmically strummed as four staccato notes in a span of less than two seconds for any child of the 90's to recognize one of the greatest rock and roll hits of all time as Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. In that same amount of time, any churchboy of … Continue reading What Have We Become →

Snobs are people who look down on other people. With the recent election season concluding this past week, I am near certain if any of the candidates running for office were point-blank questioned, "Are you a snob? Do you consider yourself better than others?" each candidate would answer with a resounding, emphatic, "No!" However, the … Continue reading Better Than No One →

Fish out of water, bull in a china shop, square peg in a round hole . . . these idioms sum up my wife's words in 2012 as we left our church home of ten years, "We just don't fit."  Although we fully believed those words applied to the church we were being called out … Continue reading Sticking Out in My Own Skin →

Being born with an evangelist for a father and a mother who not only taught more of my Sunday school and vacation Bible school classes than I can remember, but also traveled with dad as part of a southern gospel group, it's no surprise most memories of early childhood involve some sort of church activity … Continue reading Sorting Out The Bad →

My fascination with eagles began when I was around ten years old.  I remember sitting in awe as the guest evangelist at the Pentecostal church we were attending described the power and majesty of an eagle soaring and how that power and majesty described a life spent trusting in God based on the words of … Continue reading I Still Want to Fly →

Although I have never been much of a comic book reader, from an early age I have had an affinity for the Incredible Hulk.  I suppose the credit for this would belong to the TV series that aired during my younger years starring Bill Bixby as Dr. Banner and Lou Ferrigno as his rage-fueled alter … Continue reading A Secret No Longer →