Ever think about how one thing leads to another? 
If it wasn’t for the person who threw the beer bottle on the street Monday night, I wouldn’t have gotten a flat tire.
And if it weren’t for the person who designed the impossible to remove wheel covers on my car I would have been able to change the tire […]

Phil Collins is a popular and highly successful musician whose career has spanned several decades as a drummer and solo artist. Back in the early 80’s he was on tour with Robert Plant. They were staying at the Ambassador Hotel in Chicago. Between themselves, their band and their entourage they occupied about 30 rooms, paying exorbitant prices.
On the […]

It was fall of 1993. We had lived here only a couple months and were still finding our way around the valley. One late afternoon we discovered a Chinese restaurant somewhere in Mesa and had dinner there.
When we were finished I went up to the counter to pay the check. After the cashier handed me […]

Anyone you know that’s not acting like themselves this week? Someone who doesn’t seem like they’re on top of their game?
They say, “What you see is what you get.” Rarely is that true when it comes to people. For most of us, life is like an iceberg. The bulk of what’s there is below the […]

He was sorting through a wall rack of Phoenix Suns T-shirts, obviously not finding the size he was looking for. He had his back to me when I asked, “Can I help you?”
Still focused on the shirts he answered, “Do you have this in a Small?”

That voice. I’ve heard it before. But not in a […]

In our current culture, Matthew 7:1 easily makes the Top 5 of “Bible Verses Ripped Kicking and Screaming Out of Context”.
You can hear it everyday on afternoon TV talk shows. “You can’t judge me!” Does it mean we are to never be discerning? Does it mean we can never judge something to be good or […]

Have your prejudices been challenged lately?
In my part-time job I sell merchandise at America West Arena. Home to the NBA Phoenix Suns, Arizona Rattlers Arena Football team, and the Phoenix Roadrunners Hockey Club. For these events, our walk in store is open like any in a mall. For concerts, the set up is different.
In a […]

I believe it was Mark Twain who said, “The more time I spend with the so-called “good people”, the more I understand why Jesus preferred to spend His time with sinners.”
The setting was a facility owned by a large church in the Phoenix valley. The scene was a music concert. A local band was celebrating […]

The Fox News headline says that two 2nd grade girls were found murdered in Zion, Illinois today.
These best friends went out to ride their bikes together and never came back. Some despicable, evil bastard stabbed them multiple times and left them for dead.
In an unrelated Fox News story, a stray dog in Nairobi, Kenya found […]

While walking across the open first level of the Luhr’s Parking garage in downtown Phoenix, I spotted him across the street. A bedraggled, scruffy, gray bearded guy in a dirty blue jacket pushing himself backward down the sidewalk in a wheelchair.
Panhandlers are fairly common around America West Arena, especially late at night after events. Usually […]

Once upon a time in a place not so far away lived the Mud People. They lived under a big blue sky like you and me. They worked and ate and drank and slept and lived their lives in ordinary ways.
At the top of the High Hill, with a view of the entire valley below […]

Hello! And welcome to our show. We’re glad you tuned in. Today’s topic promises to be a hot one!
We’re talking with parents who claim, “My Teenage Gothic Vampire Wild Child Is Out of Control!” With us on stage is Mary and her 15-year old daughter Susie.
“So, Mary, you’re having difficulty with your daughter?”
“Yes, I am. […]