How do you know something is valuable to you? Last year about this time I was at Wal-Mart buying supplies for my classroom. Teachers do their “back to school” shopping, too. Some Pilot G-2 pens, [...]
I don’t like roller coasters. So much that I managed to avoid them for the first 30 years of my life, with no plans to break the streak. I’d heard one too many stories, true or not, of people [...]
On my way home from the 2018 Bahama Buck’s Sno Summit I stop at Tractor Supply to get some dog food. The automatic doors part and standing square in the middle is Ella, a 5-year old pixie in [...]
A couple days back one of my senior students talked with me about her post-high school plans. Talented and hard working, she’s been accepted to multiple colleges. “That’s great”, I told her, “You [...]
Are you in the middle of a hard season? Does it feel like you’re living with circumstances that have moved in, unpacked, and have no plans to leave? Take a moment to breathe. Now take a [...]
Ever look forward to a moment only to realize the moment isn’t what you thought it would be? May of 1999. The night of my graduation from Phoenix Seminary. I’d begun this journey in 1994. No one [...]
God can. So why doesn’t He? During my seminary years I had a cleaning business. All it took was one ad in the Mesa Tribune to get me started. “Thompson Cleaning Service. Trained by meticulous [...]
In the early years of his late night television show, David Letterman went into the studio audience to ask people for stories about their random encounters with famous people. He called the [...]
As we begin 2017, are you in a place you never imagined you’d be? “Hey, Todd. It’s Andy. I’m driving from Austin to San Diego for Christmas. I don’t know if you are able to pull this off [...]
Everyone has a story. Are you telling yours? During my seminary years I had the privilege of serving on staff at First Baptist Church-Tempe. I learned many lessons from senior pastor Dr. Roger [...]
