A Need To Refocus (An Update)

So, as many of you know, I started a brand new job as a hospice chaplain almost a month ago. It has been an overwhelming, but awesome opportunity: one I am 100% grateful for and excited about. 

Well, ever since I started this new job full-time, I have let my “passions” slip by the wayside…

It’s just something that kind of happened. When I was unemployed for a year, I had all of this free time. I am convinced that one way I was able to stay sane throughout this whole time was to keep my focus on things I loved. I love to write, I love to try new things, I love things tech, I love to share my thoughts with anyone who is willing to listen.

But, now it is time for me to “refocus” my efforts squarely on my job/career…

Should I Even Be Doing This?

So this CFO is in a drive-thru line of his local Chick-fil-a and starts filming. When he gets to the pick-up window, he starts berating the server saying that this is an awful company and that it is anti-gay and that she is awful for working at this company and it goes on and on. He later uploads this video to YouTube and…

BAM!

The video goes viral, SUPER viral. 

Not too soon after he uploads this video does the company he works for get flooded with voicemails expressing disgust in the CFO’s behavior, including death threats and bomb threats against the company. Shortly after the CFO was fired and lost his salary and stock options. He had to sell his multi-million house, and his family eventually ended up on food stamps. In essence he lost everything…

A New Era Of Ministry For Me

Since leaving my last ministry job, I have struggled to make sense of God’s will for my life and how to make it through such a long time of unemployment. Along with my emotional state being shattered along with my faith in God; I was met with the stress of not working and the continued bills and financial responsibilities I had to maintain. These were difficult times, but these times also forced me to fix my eyes on Jesus and to seek healing and clarity that only He could give me when I totally surrendered and was open to His plan for my life. In the end, God is faithful and has opened up a new ministry opportunity for me. I couldn’t be happier and more grateful to God for His healing and blessing in my life. This is my story…

My 500 Words – Day 2 – “Set Some Goals”

Well, it’s Day 2 of my 31 Day Writing Challenge and I am amazed of how excited and energized I am to write again. Like I said in my last post, I am so happy again to be writing. It’s something I have loved to do for years, but my main goal with my writing

Why I Fell Off The Face Of The Earth

If you look at the latest posts on my blog, you will see something glaringly obvious… I haven’t posted in a LONG time. There’s good reasons and no good reasons for that. Except to say… I fell off the face of the earth. Well, I didn’t fall of the face of the earth… LITERALLY… but

Absence In April

I came across a quote recently that really grabbed my attention: “Sometimes its not about moving on, its just taking a break from everything, and concentrating on yourself, because at the end; whos there? YOU.” I believe this best sums up the last couple of months of my life in every way possible. I am going

Detour (when you feel God has disappointed you…)

“The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.”  ~ Samuel Johnson I don’t want to be alone… Why did my boss fire me… My child is sick, will he be ok… Life can be filled with joy, peace, and