I used to travel a lot for work. I loved the work, but I don’t travel particularly well. On the road I was prone to chronic headaches. My kids didn’t like to see me leave and I would often be gone 2-3 weeks at a time without a definite return date. Some trips were good but others I would struggle with anger, loneliness, lust, and a sense of lost identity.When my family moved to Las Vegas and we st...  Read More

We are a needy people. We have numerous areas of our lives that need touching – not a one of us withstanding. Sometimes those needs are deeper than others. There are times when we need more focused help in an area (or areas) of our lives where we seem to get stuck. So where do we turn?  Virtually every week I hear of someone who is either receiving or needing to get counseling or therapy. That is ...  Read More

It shows in the droopy eyes and leftover cans of energy drinks in the trash. A frazzled composure when entering a room. We go from before the crack of dawn and into the wee hours of the night. We drop in our beds exhausted, and wake up not feeling much better. But, it’s a new day, perhaps today will be different, we can get just a little more ahead, check off a few more urgent things from our list...  Read More

We all need help in our lives. Specifically, we want the areas of our lives that we feel the need to cover up to just go away. We want freedom from that sick sense of shame for things we have done that make us want to hide. Perhaps you have a raging temper that explodes from time to time. Or maybe you find yourself in a dark hole of a relentless pull to porn. Maybe you keep finding you have yet ag...  Read More

We live in a very angsty world don’t we? There seems to be a number of issues (e.g. masks, vaccinations, etc.) before us that can seemingly instantly raise our blood pressure. So how do we navigate these sensitive issues before us? We often feel like we are “right” on our positions. And sometimes we feel like we have to “help” others know we are right and why we are. And maybe under the surface th...  Read More

The Lord is throwing doors open for us to reach our community in ways we haven’t been able to in the past. Let me tell you about it…The desire began quite a few years ago when Angela and I met with Elmer and Eli Esquivel for lunch at a Panera Bread. What came from our time together was a desire to see a Spanish ministry begin to reach those in our community who were Hispanic and weren’t connected ...  Read More