THE QUIET CHAOS OF AN EARLY MORNING COFFEE SHOP

Here I sit in one of my favorite little holes in this world. It is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. While most people were still tucked into their beds at 7:00am today I was up and not able to enjoy the toasty warmth under my blanket and the soft heat coming off of my sleeping wifes [...]

THE FIRST NIGHT

I have been captivated recently again with Billy Collins work. He is a poet and has a new book called Ballistics. You should pick up a copy and enjoy his thoughts and prose of life. Here is my favorite thus far. It is called: The First Night The worst thing about death must be the [...]

IF THE PILGRIMS HAD GIVEN US DONKEY’S…

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I love twitter…that is one of my best forms of communication. Today I received a joke from a friend that made its way into the twitter world. I meant to direct message it to a friend, but instead sent it out to 93 people that I did not intend for them to get. So…Today on [...]

DOES YOUR PHONE MAKE SPARKS?….

Caught this video clip from Los…thought it was brilliant at how spoiled we really are in the society we live. Check it out and the let the conversation begin here between us. Are we really the spoiled brats of society?

I’M GOING TO LIGHT MYSELF ON FIRE

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Ok…so one of my best friends on this clod of dirt called earth is a guy named Bo Chancey. He just finished writing a book that he has been working on for three years and it was just released this week. I have read it twice now and I have to say that it is [...]

HE LOOKS AT PORN, BUT YOU’R FAT

Right now some of you just said, “WOW!!!” Is Trevor bitter? Is he enraged? The answer to both of those is no. However, I am concerned with the state of ministry and those that minister in the worlds of church around me in the past few years. Now I preface this entire post by giving [...]

50,000…DO IT NOW!!!

You must go HERE and do this NOW!!!!!! –Nashville-based Soles4Souls(TM) facilitates the donations of both new and used shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Since its inception, Soles4Souls has distributed more than 3.5 million pairs (or one pair every 23 seconds) to people in 61 countries, including Honduras, Romania, Thailand, and the [...]

WISDOM

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WHAT IF YOU TRULY LOVED YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF?

This is a video done by a great friend of mine…check him out here . mhgs what no. 2 from blaine hogan on Vimeo

38 DEGREES AND CRACK FOR MY SOUL

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So here I am sitting in the middle of St. Arbucks in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois. It finally feels like winter here. It is 38 degrees right now. It is freezing in here, but I have my crack for my soul in a Venti, quad shot, Americano. I am a little jittery and feeling shaky. Oddly enough, [...]