We can be Caleb Strong! But what does that mean? I gave the invocation at our Emanuel Faith Community Church graduation ceremony for Men’s Fraternity: The Great Adventure last night. In preparing for this talk, I reviewed “Caleb’s Prayer”,  a prayer that has been around for a few years in the [...]

As usual, the man with ADHD (me) has a million things flying through my head and I want to write about them all. However, if I don’t get them out on a list I know I won’t remember. So here we go. Up Coming Blog Topics to Write About The [...]

I haven’t written in a while. First it was schedules, then technical difficulties. Eventually time affected the spirit and I did not “feel” compelled to write. Maybe I was out of sorts, maybe I was distracted… Or maybe, just maybe, I was led astray. I was picking up my son [...]

Congress is trying to censor your internet! What? This website and many affiliated sites will be “censored” on January 18th, 2012 in protest of the SOPA and PIPA bills currently before Congress. Our site will have a “censored” page displayed on the top of our page when you first visit. You [...]

I have so much to say about my frustrations in my spiritual and work lives. I am trying to express them without whining and with the understanding that I truly believe that Our Lord will provide. Crisis of Spirit: Study Time. I have been using Oswald Chambers book “My Utmost for [...]

Our ministry partners at Redeemed-N-Delivered© have their website up. Our friends at Redeemed-N-Delivered© create Christ centered Art and Apparel to  fund and promote ministry efforts in three (3) core areas: Building Up Godly Men Prison outreach Fathering outreach Mentoring young men to create servant leaders Rebuilding Families Widowed families Abandoned families Abused women Helping Displaced Persons Homeless [...]

My end of year thoughts on New Year’s Eve… I am very blessed. I have been blessed with a wife who believes in me and encourages me. I am blessed with an amazing young man whose heart fire the things of God motivate me to be better every day. I [...]

Once more, I have to say I Luv my friends. One of them, who happened to be a BIC,  recently posed following the question for discussion: In entertainment media would you rather see violence or sex? I processed that one and the result becomes tiered layers of acceptance. The primary reason [...]

No Man is an Island You have heard it from your pastor. Speakers like Robert Lewis and even Tony Robbins talk about building a support team or being in a small group. I will say it again.. though with many, many more words, because I like (the sound of my own voice) to [...]

In case it doesn’t display the video for you, Click here:  Can you hear me? I like the “Can you hear me” …. It really encourages him to listen to her and drives her point home. My grandfather used to whisper when he really wanted to be sure you heard [...]

Today, I meditate on Psalm 3:1-2 As I sit here and contemplate my morning reading, I preview what my day will look like. The focus of the passage is the psalmist’s earthly enemies. As I ponder the question of “how does that apply to me today”, that still small voice [...]

I am planning a “get together” for the guys from our Iron-Sharpens-Iron group and Men’s Fraternity. Since, it looks like most of us are in the Escondido area. We can head to the closest theater player (currently Regal Escondido Stadium 16 & IMAX). If I can get a head count I [...]

I like names. They are very important. A name says a lot about a person, a people, an organization… For a child, a good name (at least for boys) means growing up being teased or being honored. Joseph was a strong name in my family. Joseph was the gifted boy [...]

Putting your spouse first. Learn how to stay in love! Falling in love is easy staying in love requires a plan.. From Focus on the Family: Pretty true and powerful stuff. Listen to Bill and Monica talk about their new life together.

Check this video out: I completely respect Dr. Dobson and I have yet to disagree with his advice or counsel. From a Dad’s point of view this is right on the nose!  (I’m the dad..) Enjoy!

Are we, as a nation, becoming the image of new Babylon as portrayed in the book of Revelation? As I read Revelation 18:1-24 I see a significant similarity to our culture, arrogance, failures as a society and ultimately the very real consequences. Economic collapse, moral decay, and an eventual erasing of a [...]

Good news, for everyone, especially me. We have made some leaps on the new BibleCounts.com website. By tomorrow we will start placing the basic design of the core site. This includes the registration, user tracking. etc. Over the next month we will start integrating the core BibleCounts quiz/testing and scoring [...]

I just wanted to take a moment to thank my God for placing me in a country that, for at least the moment, allows me to share my faith, speak the truth, and stand by my convictions with out fear of true persecution. I want to offer my prayers for [...]

The 2011 Men’s Fraternity session is starting up… The Great Adventure The Great Adventure explores a man and his world beyond the everyday. The 20-session study puts the roof on the house of masculinity and creates a vision for a man’s future and destiny. This study will help men rediscover [...]

The 2011 Men’s Fraternity session is starting up… The Great Adventure The Great Adventure explores a man and his world beyond the everyday. The 20-session study puts the roof on the house of masculinity and creates a vision for a man’s future and destiny. This study will help men rediscover [...]

I was reading another blogger’s comments and I became incensed at one ignorant person’s comment on the existence of Adam and Eve : “it’s not real. btw…this is how wars start. kind of funny if you think about it.” Now first of all. Everyone has a right to their own opinion and [...]

My Grandfather, Joe Owen, passed this afternoon. He was my dad’s dad. Now I am down to one Grandfather, a sign I am getting older. I understand the way things work and that all things are made to work for God’s plan and glory. I was also not surprised by [...]

New discussion site: Last night, my wife Debbie and I spent a few hours at the Poway School District building. We were listening to a great presentation on how to engage and support our TAG (Talented and Gifted) child. I want to thank the school district for allowing that time [...]

March, 2011 update and disclosure: Since writing this article I have since left Acuhire and moved on with Quorum HR Solutions. See my latest March 2011 post for more information. As that goes the only reason that the company name has been stricken through is that I can no longer [...]

In previous posts I have  discussed the difference between being a farmer and a fisherman. The gist is that a farmer must have more resources and time than a fisherman. To quote myself (one must really have a large ego to use themselves as a reference. ;-p ) From: JustAsk: are-you-a-farmer The farmer [...]

I LURV my friends. My friends are wonderfully intelligent and because of this they pose wonderful insights and questions. I really like the questions that during the process of answering, I discover or sometimes re-discover or realize something anew. I must insist, as we continue, on one thing. Don’t believe [...]

As usual, I want to share a bit of my experience with you. I do expect that some of you will think me strange or delusional and I am okay with that.  As a good friend says, “What other people think of me is none of my business”. I agree [...]

As you read or talk to me you will often hear me praise and talk of the Universe and all events with-in it with reverence and awe. My logic for this is that since we have no picture or sight of God, I see God’s manner, will, and intention in [...]

I mentioned it at the end of the last blog entry.  The over-all Theme for has been CHOICE. We are all gifted with the freedom to choose. God has given us free-will and it is exercised everyday when we choose to get up, choose our clothes to wear, and choose [...]

I was sharing with friends about the challenges of their (and my own) life and I noticed that God has gifted me with one primary thought, one Theme if you will. The Theme du Jour is……………….. CHOICE You will see it as a major theme in many of my posts. [...]

Current mood:  calm In the lean times of  economic turmoil, it is very important to sit an meditate (think or analyze) on the place we are and what role we play. With out the constant validation of success or “at-a-boy”(or girl) we tend to lose hope, focus and the will [...]