Last night we were fortunate to have the Avila’s over for dinner and it was a wonderful time of fellowship, laughter, and prayer. What’s been so incredible in seeing this relationship bloom has been the shared vision that Veritas Fellowship and Soli Deo Gloria have for the city of Austin. We want the same things [...]
The scene: Me and Zoë seated right in front of Derek Webb at Common Grounds in Waco. There was standing room only and Téya was having difficulty with all the clapping, so Jana took her to the back of the coffee shop while we stayed in our choice seats to watch Derek. This scene is [...]
On Saturday night (the 21st), my wife honored me with a birthday party at Buca de Beppo’s. As I sat there with my friends, the mid-life questions I am still pondering were just noise when compared to the gracious beauty of friendship.
Friends – a truly valuable and irreplaceable part of life. Somehow, true friends are [...]
Hopefully, you see in these writings a man who is staying The Course and pursuing The Path amidst the pitfalls and selfish ways of being a son of Adam. I pray earnestly that my writing would encourage some of you by showing you that this journey - though arduous and sometimes tragic - is a journey of great satisfaction. A satisfaction greater than our greatest imaginings. The trials and refining fire of tribulation are to be recognized as a small shadow of the suffering of our Savior so that we can rejoice, as Peter and the disciples did, to be counted worthy to suffer for the sake of the Name.