whew…

So this is what I have been breathing for the last week… My throat is irritated and my sinuses are full. I praise God, however, that where we live is in a VERY low danger area. We are surrounded by mostly other houses and not very near to any wild land. [...]

Dr. Nick:”Hi Everybody!” Everybody: “Hi Dr. Nick!”

So… lots going on… where to start?
A New Direction for My Life
So, I am applying now to the A. W. Tozer Seminary at Simpson University. God has revealed to me His desire for me to be in full-time ministry. My passion is youth and family/couples ministry and I am very much excited about [...]

To All My Faithful Readers: I’m Not Dead!

Just in case anyone was concerned….
I have made the move and am now officially a NorCal resident. I even have a CA driver’s li…. I never can spell that word… anyway… moving on.
I have written much about why I want to be a teacher and how I am going to get a Master’s Degree [...]

Philippians 1:6 – the next chapter

I want to take a few minutes to update you all on my journey…
God is truly doing a good work in me and in my life! A few things have happened so, here’s a list:

My divorce is final.
I am a full student working towards a Master’s Degree in Education from Simpson University
I am [...]

10…9…8…7…

Greetings all and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone! My prayer is that 2008 will be the best year yet!
As a word of note, I will no longer be referring to my son as “Fish”… he is now, “Bug”… my mom always called me “bug” when I was small and after spending a week [...]

21st Century Legalism

I just read a great post by Bill Giovannetti on his blog, Max Grace (click for the original post). Bill is Sr. Pastor of Neighborhood Church in Redding, CA (my soon to be home town, with God’s help).
In his post, Bill describes the new legalism facing American churches in the 21st century. He [...]

To my readers…

I love you all so much… You may not know how it brightens my day to see when you comment or to check my “blog stats” and see all the hits. (Is it egotistical that I spend a vast amount of time reading and analyzing my blog stats?)
I really started this blog to help [...]

Gutsy Update

well… I took a Kubuntu 7.10 (Alt) install disk up to Redding over Thanksgiving and installed it on mom’s laptop… install went fine (it’s a Dell Inspiron notebook) but the Broadcom wireless card is giving me fits… i ended up bringing the lappy home from Cali with me and I promised to have it ship-shape [...]

long time, no post….

I feel like I have been away forEVER!!! There’s so much on my mind and I haven’t had the opportunity to get it all sorted!
Thanksgiving was great… I traveled up to northern California to see my parents and my sister. Fish didn’t come with me on this trip, but he and I will [...]