Today we remember Karen Renee Shinn, who passed away peacefully and quietly in her home at 5:55am Saturday, November 02, 2019 And this is our minute to hold our girl, one last time together. I don’t have to tell you there Aint’ No Sunshine with Karen now gone. As a grieving man, please bear with …
Coming from a lifelong involvement in a faith community, I’m familiar with the practice of fasting. Even though I was conversant with the term, it never really made sense to me. Fasting is mentioned many times in the Bible, but I didn’t see what the big deal was. Thou Shalt Not Murder made sense; fasting …
Six months ago, Karen began a decline in her health that led me to believe we were looking at a few days remaining. But true to form, she is still hanging tough and fighting to the very end. We engaged hospice care in June and it has been the right choice for us since we …
Click here to pre-order bread&cup: beyond simple food and drink. Tomorrow opens a new chapter in a story I never thought I would be writing. My first book goes public for pre-sale on Indiegogo, Tuesday, October 01. I never thought I would write a book. But neither did I imagine the other changes in my …
Sometimes when I’m sitting in my little room typing out my thoughts, I forget there is an audience out there actually reading what I’ve written. In the last week, a number of people have recently said this exact sentence to me, “I’ve been reading your blog.” Whenever I see trends like this, I stop …
Does Hope have its limitations? It might seem like it to anyone who has had a loved one take their life. Death is difficult enough on its own. When it is self-inflicted, it goes to a new level of pain. I’ve had a few friends who have taken that path. All of them young. I …
Hard to believe this song is 20 years old. Hope has been a burning subject of mine for even longer than this. Here’s a blast from the past when making music was my main love. Come to the Fountain I’m comin’ up slowly for air that I can’t breathe I’m drowning in the sea of …
Why is Desire so important to Hope? Isn’t my Desire the thing that gets me into the most trouble? Isn’t that why I want to eat too much, drink too much, sleep too much, or get angry too much? How can Desire have anything to do in helping me build my hope? This was once …
I’m in a challenging season right now. I’m not the guy who has it figured out and looking to sell my online course to teach you how I succeeded in life. Just in the last month, I lost my job, my truck and am in the process of losing my wife to cancer. My hand …
I can’t say I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but I’ve known for a long time that I could write. It’s only been in these mid-life years that the urge to write has increased to the point where I feel compelled, almost obsessed, to put words on a page. It’s a feeling other writers …