Pinned – Ordinary-ish Thoughts

He Saves His Enemies!

I update and repost this every year on this day. I am so grateful for the work of Christ in my life and I want to glorify Him and to make much of Him every chance I get! 26 years ago today the Lord, in His sovereign love, grace, and mercy, changed my heart and […]

Sober Minded

As a recovering alcoholic I tell people all the time, when they offer me a drink, that if I were to take them up on that drink, they wouldn’t see me for weeks. That usually gets some laughs or confused looks. But I don’t say that as a joke or for shock value. It’s the […]

I Am an Alcoholic

This post has been on my heart for a while now, but I didn’t want to do it while my sobriety was fresh and new. Because, well honestly, it’s difficult to take someone seriously who only has a few weeks or months of sobriety talking about how different they are now. They may actually be […]

Humble Perseverance

Sometimes in life we find ourselves lost in dense, overgrown, spiritual valleys. Some are smaller, still difficult and sorrowful, but easier to find a way out. Others are huge, dark, and oppressive. The kind where the pain is so deep and so intense that it literally cripples you emotionally and mentally. You get frightened and […]

The Hope of Healing

I hate when my weaknesses, fears, insecurities, and character defects are exposed. It’s painful. It’s ugly. It’s embarrassing. But they are always there, all that brokenness, lurking in the shadows, wreaking havoc on our lives, whether they have been revealed to us or not. Sometimes that brokenness comes from our own sinful desires and wicked […]