General or Gentler

I can easily become the colonel; okay…move me straight on up to The General, of The Shuff Household. Barking order left and right seems to be my tone at times with the kids.  “Pick up your shoes from the kitchen.”  “You’re bedroom looks like you have clothing for...

"Gettin' our praise on at the Festival"

Last night we had church at The Florida Strawberry Festival.  Casting Crowns was in the house!  Nearly ten thousand festival goers were in attendance at the bands second appearance there in about four years.  As soon as Casting Crowns as announced onto the stage, the...

Shhh, don't tell…

Has someone ever told you something exciting, possibly life changing, and they said, “Don’t tell anyone”? I bet you were about to bust at the seams to tell someone!  But as soon as the time was right and you were given permission to tell, boy oh boy watch out for the...

Get intoxicated!

Get intoxicated!  What?  That’s right.  You heard me.  Go get drunk. Just not on what you think.  Go get drunk on love! Chapter five of Proverbs talks about “The Wisdom of Avoiding Adultery”.  This topic is rampant in our society. It breaks my heart every time I hear...

Just put them away!

“I’m Trying” That’s the name of a new section I’m going to be posting in every now and then. I guess I’m a little late on New Year’s resolutions, but the instances that I’ll be writing about don’t just pop into my mind on January first.  Usually when I made NY’s...