Category: Practice Joy Blog (2010-2013)

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 Side Bar: Part of my desire with this blog is to share with you the steps God has...

Still in the midst of working on a couple other posts…but wanted to leave you with a poem I wrote many years ago.  Poetry is not my favorite form of writing, but every once in a while I am...

Note to those who don’t yet know Jesus: this post might be a little hard for you to follow…but I trust that God’s word will not go out thru me and return void to Him.  I believe if you are...

A.E. (antes de escribir – that is “before writing”) – I have no time to edit this right now as I scramble to get my thoughts down before the kids are ready for breakfast and me for my coffee….I...

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I started the day off last night with a feeble prayer that God would wake me up before the boys so I could have some time to read and pray.  Do you know what God did?  He had my...

I’m stealing this phrase from David Crowder Band and what I believe to be quite easily the best worship song of our time…How He Loves. If you haven’t heard this song…go take a listen at iTunes to know what...

P.S. (pre-script) I am a little frustrated with blogger at the moment… for while I am not a perfectionist at most things, I hate when I can’t get a consistent look when I edit my posts.  And I have...

First, I just have to say that I saw the tragedy of the stage collapse in my home state of Indiana at the state fair.  I am so saddened by this random tragedy and my heart and prayers go...

I know, I know – I totally owe y’all the review of the concert.  And I wish I could get to it – but for some reason the review is just not coming out…my one area of writer’s block...