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November 2020

November 11, 2020

The Saga of my Story

The picture is of my grandson, Jackson. Just this week, I got to see...

November 09, 2020

The Lights on my Porch

The lights on my porch remind me of a couple of things. Every time I...

November 08, 2020

The Limits of the Organization

In my denomination of origin, they used to talk extensively about the value of a...

November 04, 2020

Stepping Up

There is a popular illustration about an old mule that fell into a well. The...

November 02, 2020

There is a Good

Most religious systems begin with the identification of what we should fear. It helps...

October 2020

October 28, 2020

How I Back the Blue

There is a sign in a yard...

October 26, 2020

The Other Half of the Curtain

The tradition I came from (my people if you will) never even discussed women being...

October 24, 2020

The Way Forward

This year is the first time ever that I have watched all the presidential debates...

October 12, 2020

Poem – Being Where I Am

Being Where I Am By Karl Forehand I...

October 07, 2020

Poem – Last Night I Had a Dream

Last night I had a dream That happened in the future We were talking about...

October 06, 2020

Stop Hitting Yourself

I vaguely remember a game we used...

October 05, 2020

My Evolution

Deconstruction makes people uneasy. Some have opted for gentler terms like restoration (as...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

A Poem – The Tea Shop

I tried to plan an adventure I...

September 28, 2020

Waiting and Being

I got up early this morning to start a new job assignment. So I had...

September 23, 2020

Focusing

About two years ago, I thought my whole world was ending. I had done some...

September 21, 2020

Come on an Adventure with Me!

All of us want to be the hero! That's what I was doing when I...

September 16, 2020

Old Doors, Old Practices

My house is about 100 years old. I love many of the features from...

September 14, 2020

Reimagining it All

When I was a pastor, I remember having conversations about how hypocritical church people were. ...

September 11, 2020

Becoming the Message

Two years ago, I sat down and tried to plan the perfect vacation. The year...

September 09, 2020

My Dog and Authenticity

My dog frustrates me! He never comes up with any new ideas and he...

September 07, 2020

My Love / Hate Relationship with Social Media

A few weeks ago I decided to stop arguing on social media. I decided it...

September 01, 2020

The Tea Shop

Everyone wants to be the hero! I was trying to be the hero by planning...

August 2020

August 26, 2020

Certainty and Shadow

Just a couple of poems I wrote the other day, parts of them are connected....

August 20, 2020

What if there was no THEM?

A few nights ago, a friend blew up at me. I haven’t seen him for...

August 15, 2020

Resources for a Plant-based Lifestyle

This is a little off topic, but helpful I think. Several years ago, I began...

August 13, 2020

Church Addiction

"Religion is the opiate of the masses." Karl Marx Recently, we interviewed Cindy Wang Brandt...

August 11, 2020

The Map is Not the Treasure

Last year I started watching The Curse of Oak Island television series. It is a...

August 09, 2020

Spiritual Bypassing

The period in my life where I dealt with my shadow issues was an interesting...

August 07, 2020

Creating Demons

Like most of my writing, this is only my opinion. I don’t expect anyone to...

August 02, 2020

There is No Them

Two of my best friends ever no longer talk to me. I cannot say that...