I’m slowly learning that while I may have a desire to be good at everything, it is much better to be excellent at a few things.
I get caught up in the desire to be an avid sports fan, be knowledgeable in politics, know all the latest music, be adept at video games and board games, [...]

Yesterday was the day from hell. Now obviously it could have been worse because everything before 1pm was perfect, but it went downhill quickly.
1pm: In court to dispute my ticket for riding on Mass Transit with a student pass. My school told me to purchase those…but Portland says they aren’t valid unless you are 17 [...]

I don’t write about myself too often, but now and then it seems necessary to update you on my real life…not just what I feel like writing about. I have no fancy name for these posts, so “life update” will have to do. So sorry.

Rose has had a month off from school, she starts again [...]

Often times I find myself fighting between the thought that I’m perfect or that I’m worthless. Take a look in the Bible and you’ll find verses for both.
Over the weekend I hurt my wife. Not physically…worse: emotionally.
I degraded her and made her feel worthless at the cost of me feeling like the top dog.
She doesn’t [...]

As you know if you’ve been keeping up on my posts or reading my Twitter updates, my church has been looking at some significant budget cuts.
You might be wondering what I do…My official title is Co-director of Praise Bands. Basically, it is an associate worship leader type position with a focus on leading the band [...]

I mentioned yesterday that this has been a boring week.
I thought about that a little today.
I said this mainly because this week has been totally out of the ordinary. I’m done with school and haven’t had the usual week of work. Because of my busy schedule during school I don’t have a lot of free [...]