I Am Whole
Growing up, I heard a lot of talk about duty, obedience, and judgment. It took me into my sixties to fully “get” one of the main points of the gospel… the atonement of Christ. With so much talk of obedience, somehow, I had missed Christ. Over the last years, we have focused more and more […]
If You Want the Greatest Blessing, You Must Make The Greatest Sacrifice
I went to work for company A. They changed owners, had a bunch of layoffs, and I lost my job. Then I went to work for company B. They changed owners, and the entire company was shut down. Then I went to work for company C. They changed owners and went through 3 CEOs in […]
Own This
In March 2021, I was approached by a recruiter for an open Chief Financial Officer position. We made an appointment to speak later that night. Normally, when you talk to a headhunter, they give you ten, maybe fifteen minutes of their time to sell yourself. Then they present your resume for the open position. After […]
It All Goes Back In The Box
Job changes have been one of the biggest challenges of my life. I’ve worked at several crazy private equity turnovers. I’ve worked at nine companies over twenty years, with many periods of unemployment; the longest job loss period was a year. During a couple of those unemployment periods, I had two experiences and impressions that […]
Meditation
I’m actually writing about meditation. This is something I would have never mentioned years ago. But meditation was a big part of my healing process. God led me to meditation to mend. This is how I began. One of the first impressions I got after my “I will heal you” revelation was to read a […]
If You Come To Me, I Can Heal You
After nine different jobs over fifteen years, after seven periods of unemployment, after working at four crazy, chaotic Private Equity takeovers, after earning a CPA in my forties, I had finally hit my ultimate career goal in 2018. I was a Chief Financial Officer. And I was not happy. And I was very depressed. A […]
Enjoy This, Change Is Coming
The Sunday before Christmas in 2009, I was at church, getting mentally prepared to conduct our congregation’s Christmas program. It’s a lot of work to pull this together because we have a children’s choir, adult choir, narrator, piano, organ, flute, violin, cello, and string bass. Even with all the work, I love it. Hardly anything […]
Aerated
We’ve lived in San Diego since 2003. And after living here for about 15 years, I finally figured out how to have the greenest lawn in my neighborhood. It all started one day when I was working from home and heard a big commotion from what sounded like our front street. It sounded like someone […]
The Smashed Pinto
Carrie and I were married in July 1978. We were young, poor, struggling college students with about six years of college ahead of us. Our very first car was a green, Ford Pinto. Except for the green color, I loved that car. It was fun to drive. That first Thanksgiving, we decided to drive it […]
Actual Blood
I was mowing the lawn while two of my grandkids were playing in the street. My six-year-old grandson was riding his scooter, and his teenage sister was riding her longboard. As I was finishing the front lawn, I had the leaf blower in my hand. I looked at the leaf blower. I looked at my […]