More Powerful Than a Nuke!

More Powerful Than a Nuke!

This past summer I was talking with one of my older friends from my hometown.  In our conversation I discovered that she knew my 9th grade English teacher, Dan Johnson.  My friend, Emadene, had taught school with Mr. Johnson’s wife and had nothing but good to say about the man.  Likewise, when I think back to the year that I was in his class I have plenty of encouraging memories of my teacher.  That year was truly an illustration of God moving in ways we don’t understand?  Mr. Johnson was indeed a providential piece of the total equation for the man I am today. (more…)

When only God Sees The Good in ADHD

When only God Sees The Good in ADHD

For the longest time I thought the term ADHD was reserved for parents who just didn’t know how to raise their kids. Then God gave me the poster child for the condition in our first born. My son, John, is a genius.  He also has more energy than a platoon of Marines about to storm into enemy territory.  Forget trying to fit John into any kind of mold of properness and organization.  Calmness for him means that only two volcanoes are exploding simultaneously instead of twelve.  But the real awakening came when I realized that if experts were classifying Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder when I was a kid back in the 70s, it would have been me they were talking about. (more…)