Tagged The Eccentric Sheep Musings

10 Whoever loves money never has enough;    whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.    This too is meaningless.11 As goods increase, &n... Read More...

The holiday season is here.  This also means for some of us that seasonal depression is here.  If you sit there struggling to be happy in these joyous times because that dark cloud has enveloped you, please kno... Read More...

Ecclesiastes 2 “4 I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. 6 I made myself pools from which to water... Read More...

Ecclesiastes 2: 20-23, "So my heart began to despair over all my toilsome labor under the sun. For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has n... Read More...

Ecclesiastes 1: 9-11 9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It... Read More...

When I attend a Christian Rock concert, there are many different people from across town, across the state, and sometimes from out of state or across the country.  We all have the same purpose being there.  We ... Read More...

Ladies and Gentlemen, this habit of stereotyping needs to stop.  It’s the thought that goes something like, “Everyone who is _____ is ____,” or, “all ______ are like _______.”  It’s the idea of assuming eve... Read More...

I’ve got a stack of poetry journals that covers my high school and college years.  They sat dormant in my mom’s attic for a long time.  I pulled them out recently to pull out some old gems for a compilation I w... Read More...

Last month I challenged you to get up and get out of your comfort zone for God.  Today I want to talk about one of the myths we tell ourselves that hold us back from getting up. “I don’t have anything to off... Read More...

I have a challenge for you this next year.  I challenge you to get out of your comfort zone for God.  I want you to try something you never thought you would for the sake of the gospel. One thing I have trie... Read More...

”12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” –Eph... Read More...

Anxiety is something that, like depression, I have years of experience with.  It's a little different from depression though.  I developed an allergy to disposable gloves that triggered a huge cascade of anxiet... Read More...

September 10th is World Suicide Prevention Day.  Suicide has been a topic in the news this year with the deaths of musicians like Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington.  It’s hard for some to understand how some... Read More...

I get this question a lot when someone gets to know me. What is with the sheep? I actually have a story behind it, and its part of my testimony as a believer. The sheep thing didn’t start out happy and... Read More...

Attention for something good you did is awesome isn’t it?  It’s hard at times to resist that desire for the spotlight so you can be adored and admired for something you did well.  Sometimes we just like to know... Read More...

If you are sensitive to reading about self injury I must warn you know that you might not want to continue reading this.  I will try to not get detailed, but this will require at least a little bit of detail.  ... Read More...

Here's one more poem.  Since the previous poem was a lot older, this time I will give a newer one. This one is about feeling like one has done too much wrong to be God's child.  It's about feeling like there... Read More...

I have been writing songs and poetry since the early 1990's.  That's almost 20 years of writing at this point.  I use poetry to express the inner turmoil I have always had difficulty voicing.  Occasionally God ... Read More...