Category Archives: Thoughts
Fathers
In the last two weeks, I keep hearing these prayer requests from kids: “Pray my dad will be out of jail before my birthday.” “Pray for my dad while he’s in prison.” “Pray I’ll get to see my dad again. I think he’s in Odessa.” “Pray my dad will come visit.” “Pray my dad will […]
Everything sad is coming untrue
“And the King says, “Look! God and his children are together again. No more running away. Or hiding. No more crying or being lonely or afraid. No more being sick or dying. Because all those things are gone. Yes, they’re gone forever. Everything sad has come untrue. And see – I have wiped away every […]
Jesus in the dirt
(I leave for Haiti this Thursday morning. One year ago today, I was in that country when we lost my friend Jeremy to brain cancer. He was one of the greatest friends I’ll ever know. I still miss him like crazy and think of him often. I’ve had a lot of frustrations with my Dallas Cowboys I need to share with him […]
I believe in you
I had a good old-fashioned “Come to Jesus” talk with one of our boys this week. Sometimes I enjoy those. Sometimes I don’t. He’s been in trouble over and over the last couple of months. Skipping school. Sneaking out. Stealing things. His mom is at a loss as what to do with him. He has a big […]
Peace
Once a week I get to sit down during the lunch hour with groups of students at Travis Middle School. Last week I asked them, “In your own words, what is PEACE?” Some of their answers: “Being happy” “When you can relax.” “When things are happy and nice.” “When someone is calm.” “Silence.” “No harm […]
Elections, Fathers, and Broken Hearts
In the past week… I’ve taken a high school kid out for ice cream on his 16th birthday. He was struggling because his dad hadn’t bothered to even call on such a big day. A little girl asked me to pray for her dad, who had his parole hearing coming up. Another girl asked me to […]
Grace and Success
I get tired of kids leaving. Moving on. A few weeks ago, a family we’ve ministered to for 5 plus years now packed up and moved to Mexico late in the night. The mom’s boyfriend has been here illegally for quite some time and was deported last month. She didn’t want to be away from […]
Jesus in the dirt.
I returned home from an incredible trip to Haiti late last night. I’m not really going to blog much about that trip here. You can read about our adventures at http://www.hatshaiti.org where I provided daily updates about all our fun. It was a really wonderful trip – Haiti is a beautiful broken country full of beautiful broken people. I’m […]
Why we do what we do
Saturday night was a special night for Mission 2540. I had the priviledge of baptizing three of our students. I’ve known Shaq and his sister Leaia pretty much since Mission 2540 began. Shaq has had a lot of ups and downs in the times since I’ve known him. This fall, after much searching and struggling, he came to the realization […]
Painting Walls
Today is Human Trafficking Awareness Day. In honor of that, here’s something I wrote last summer from Managua, Nicaragua after spending a day at House of Hope, a ministry that rescues women and girls from the horrors of the sex trafficking industry in Nicaragua. June 14, 2011 – I thought of my daughters alot today […]
