Singer, actress, and songwriter Joy Villa took the streets of New York City in her new video “Do Puppies Lives Matter? Social Experiment” where she brings her very cute rescue puppy Basil to ask people what they think if New York state passed a law that allowed for dogs to be euthanized after nine months.…
Every year, I see a plethora of my friends start posting their New Year’s Resolutions, that is a list of goals that they want to accomplish in their life in the upcoming year. With 2019 happening tomorrow, I am seeing it happen all over again. Even a three years ago, I was right a long…
Who says you can’t go home? On Sunday, November 18th, I preached a Thanksgiving Eve sermon titled, ‘Victim To Victor,’ at Journey Community Church where I previously served as a staff pastor for the youth group and later kids’ ministry. This service, I discussed how to not let your circumstances own you, but instead owning…
In June 1997, Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich wrote an essay titled ‘Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young’ also known as “Everyone is free (to wear sunscreen).’ She dispenses advice for the upcoming graduating class including ‘If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.’ It…
I announced my engagement to my best friend a few months back. Well, this story will no doubt put a smile on your face. The other day, I was buying a little Hello Kitty beanie doll for my fiancée, who lives in California. She loves stuff animals, and the more huggable, the better. She was…
