Just Hit Record

Putting people on pedestals is bag business.  I put Carl Lentz on one and boom, he failed me (and the rest of the world).  Now Brian Houston is in hot water.  People are people and they are going to let us down, it is that simple.  So let's all stop putting them up on pedestals.

I have a physical place that has only brought me joy in my life.  Every single memory is happy.  I'm smiling in every single photograph.  All the relationships I still have and that I can recall are wonderful ones.  That place is Black Lake Bible Camp in Olympia, Washington. https://blbcolympia.com/

I am trying to give Los Whittaker a clothing line.  An already built company.  A dope apparel brand that fits perfectly with his personal brand.  The problem?  He won't get back to me.  So, I am going to type his name, Carlos Whittaker, into this description enough times that it pops up in his Google Alerts.  (that is assuming that Los Whit has set up Google alerts)....

I've been a dad for 13 years.  The best and hardest and most anxiety inducing 13 years of my life.  I wouldn't trade it for anything.  My kids are incredible human beings and I am grateful for them.

Every new parent has been told the same old story, they grow up so fast. None of us listened but eventually, we all understood.

I embraced the concepts of minimalism about 3 years back.  At first it was difficult but over time, it has become far less so.  Recently I began to switch my thinking from minimalism to enoughism.  How much of anything is enough?  These are my thoughts on that.

There's a time and a place for powerful words.  The problem is, when those words become popular, they lose their power.  We say we "love" tacos and we "love" our spouse.  The word love in these situations cannot hold the same weight.  If they did, my commitment to my wife would last about as long as it take to devour an al pastor street taco.

This country is wide open and it is full of adventures.  We've been sold a bill of goods.  We've been told that if we work hard we can buy a house we can't afford.  Imagine the meeting where suits decided they would loan people money and those people would pay back that money for half their life!

What is this thing?  It's not a podcast but it's broadcasted like one.  It's not a blog because it's not in written form.  It's something different and in this session I discuss why I call it Just Hit Record.

I was a goal keeper growing up and now my son is.  Soccer is this one thing we share just he and I.  Yes, my wife will sit in the room with us while our teams play and we scream and jump and cry but she isn't paying attention.  This is father son stuff and I love it.

I've gone to church for a long time and I've heard the leadership pay convincing lip service to the fact that the Church is the body of Christ, the people.  If that really is true, why are most churches teaching us how to invite people to church and not to Jesus?

Every year when my mom comes to visit to hosts an epic cooking competition with my kids.  They plan the meals, do the grocery shopping, cook and present the grub.  This contest is more than a contest.  It's a deep dive into relationship building.  A time and space where a grandmother can deeply bond with her grandkids.

Social media was supposed to make our lives better.  In some ways it has (hi mom) but in most regards it's left us less social, angry and taking up one side or the other.

I've recently realized how long I have struggled with intense anxiety.  Growing up I didn't know it had a name.  I just thought it was the ever present pain in my chest.  The closest thing I could call it was fear but it wasn't that really.  It was something else. Since then I have learned to combat this creeping feeling.  I've learned tricks and exercises that help me cop...

This is not a podcast and I hope you'll choose not to listen. This is documentation for future generations.  These are the daily thoughts of a mentally ill person.  A dreamer.  A story teller.  A father. A son.