Digital Fast 2022

Digital Fast 2022

For more years than this old brain of mine can remember, I have taken the month of July to do some sort of technology fast. In recent years, it has primarily centered around ditching social media but in the olden days, I would go as analog as possible. I’m gonna...
Social Media Fast 2021

Social Media Fast 2021

I have a love / hate relationship with the month of July. Let’s start with the hate. It’s hot and humid. Gross. But July has a huge upside because it’s the month I fast from Social Media and I can’t wait. Here are the rules I am setting for...
1 Loyalty and 5 Responsibilities

1 Loyalty and 5 Responsibilities

Four years ago, a couple of months before the Presidential election of 2016, I preached my first (and maybe only) sermon on politics. As I lay in bed this morning looking over the election results on my phone, my mind raced back to that message. With this election...
Noel’s World Famous Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe

Noel’s World Famous Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe

Each year during the Halloween season, I repost Noel’s World Famous Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe as a Public Service. You are welcome. It’s truly the least I can do. I am a bit of a Pumpkin Seed Purist. I don’t like anything to get in the way of...
My Favorite Podcasts

My Favorite Podcasts

In honor of #InternationalPodcastDay, here’s a list of some of my favorite podcasts in no particular order. I have a lot of podcasts on my phone, but these are the ones I make sure I listen to. Coverville OK, I already lied. This first one is in a very...
Should I Change Churches? (2020 Edition)

Should I Change Churches? (2020 Edition)

Eons ago (you know, 2018), I wrote one of the most viewed posts on my site by posing the question, “Should I Change Churches?” The gist of my answer was… There are lots of good reasons to leave a church but most people do not have one. Click To Tweet...