Ok, ok, so maybe alluding to a "shot to the heart" is a bit too much Bon Jovi meets Pulp Fiction drama to describe the shots that I actually got yesterday.  Honestly, it was more like an into-the-shoulder-muscle sort of pain that leaves you feeling the next day like maybe you'd worked out really hard the morning prior.  For a kid who got allergy shots a couple of times a week … [Read more...]

I was on a phone call the other day with a wise new friend.  Somehow in the conversation, my friend brought up the words from Psalm 77 about how the Lord makes a way where there was none. I've been thinking about those words quite a bit since.  That day even, I knew I had more to chew on with those words...the reminder that God doesn't need a way that makes sense or is obvious … [Read more...]

Once when I was about 15, I remember going to the grocery store at the beach with my uncle.  For some reason he didn't wear shoes, and I was mortified.  He told me though, that if he walked with authority into the store, that noone would even notice that he wasn't wearing shoes.  I cringed the whole time thinking that the "no shirt, no SHOES, no service" sign was going to jump … [Read more...]