The Corner

It sits there in the corner. And it screams. You try to block it out of your mind and act as if it's not there. But you know that it is, yeah, it is still there.

All day long and all night long it remains there, sitting in the corner. It stares at you, laughs, and mocks you.

You try to block it out, you try to forget about it, yet it continues to haunt.

You learn to deal with it, you keep hoping that it will go away. You keep thinking that, I am gonna get through this. This will not beat me.

But still, it sits there in the corner and reminds you that it is still there.

So what is this in the corner? How do you define it? How do you overcome it? What do you say?

You later find yourself taking a seat in a circle of people. Some you know, some you don't. You say your name and as you have encountered this circle you realize that you are not there on accident. Then you tell them that this is divine. A sign of the One of great things, and God has brought you here.

Hello, my name is Randy and I am living with cancer.

Most of you do not know, but my mom has breast cancer.

And it sits in the corner.



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The Foot That Switches

I wanted to share with you a group of guys that I believe go beyond just being a "rock band."

The picture is the cover album for their "greatest hits so far."

Switchfoot!

I'm not gonna sit here and hark on them all day long, but I will tell you that not only do they have an awesome rockin' sound and put on an incredible live show, but are raw and genuine as it comes.

Front man, Jon Foreman, has even ventured out and produced some solo records full of raw and genuine themes. He has even partnered up with Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek to put together Fiction Family.

These guys are putting out some great music. I would encourage you to check them out. You can learn lots of things about them. The best fan-based website out there is LandofBrokenHearts.org.

As you filter through their lyrics and bios through out these websites I hope that you will find that this is a whole lot more than just about music, I think it's their way of making this world a better place.

The Journey

Welcome everyone and thank you for your time.

To start, this is about a journey. A journey to where, I do not know, but it is in the pursuit of the question. What I will find, learn or discover, I hope it will bring me to a new place if not reminding me of a place I have been before.

There are many questions. Answers, some we have, others, we do not. You have to keep asking in order to keep the journey alive. And perhaps somewhere along the way, things might begin to make sense, if not, you keep moving along.

The Good Monster, let me quote Dan Haseltine, lead singer of Jars of Clay, talking about their record "Good Monsters."

“There have been so many things to look at and describe. This record is part confessional, part euphoric love poem, part bitter divorce, and part benediction. It was born out of many experiences and conversations between addicts, failures, lovers, loners, believers, and beggars. And so the language of recovery and the honest discourse about our attempts to live apart from God and apart from each other is a theme. Engaging people who are doing the hard work of laying their lives open to others, and avoiding isolation, has allowed me to see that there is both immeasurable evil and unfathomable good mixing under my own skin and it is grace, mercy and freedom that allow me to not simply be a monster, but to be a good monster.”

It is grace and mercy and freedom that allows me to not simply be a monster, but for me to be a "good monster."

May you have a blessed day and find grace and mercy and freedom!