The Eccentric Sheep Musings Archives

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: Where The Light Is

When you shine a light into a bare corner, what happens? It becomes lit up. Darkness doesn’t remain there anymore. There isn’t little specks of light unaccounted for by shadows amongst the li... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: The Sacrifice of Time

I don’t know about you, but I believe that April is the worst month of the year. It’s often full of darkness and death. This year was no different. My own family faced grief and loss, and friends around me ... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: The Life of a Loud Mouth

When you first meet me, I am probably going to be practically a mute I’ll be so quiet. However, if you have been given the arduous task of being in my life long term, I eventually switch from super quiet... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: We Can’t Save Ourselves

Have you ever felt like you can’t do enough? No matter how much work you do, it never feels like enough. Is that feeling of being a failure still there no matter many hours you pour into projects or how many... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: Created To Be Given Away

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 Eccentric Sheep Musings: To Those in a Season of Struggle

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: Having Everything, Yet Still Having Nothing

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: When Work Feels Meaningless

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: Nothing New Under The Sun

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: Dear Church, You Are Not A Business

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: The Idea of Stereotyping is Foolish

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: Angry Enough To Die

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: He Left the 99 to Find the One

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: He Left the 99 to Find the 1

There are so many different stats on mental illness and self harm. Unless you poll every single person in the world and get a truthful answer the results will never be completely accurate. The numbers range... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings Teams Up with Seventh Day Slumber to Discuss Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Joseph Rojas' testimony is well known to many of us that attend Christian Rock tours like City Rockfest and Small Town America Tour. If you have not had the pleasure of seeing Seventh Day Slumber live this is ... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings Teams Up With Disciple For Self Injury Awareness Day

Last year I gave you my personal testimony about being addicted to self harm for Self Injury Awareness Day (which can be found here). This year I decided to do something a little different. I've always gone s... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: The Myths That Hold Us Back, Part One

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: My Challenge to You for 2018

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: If You Stop Fighting

”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...

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The Eccentric Sheep Musings: Anger and Anxiety in the Floodwaters

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: The Top 3 Lies Of Suicide

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: The Captain Calls His Misfits

Raise the anchor, all aboard as the Captain calls His misfits This Ghost Ship Sets off to shake the world - let's go! -Theocracy “Ghost Ship” You might be sitting there feeling like just you alone could n... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: The Day I Decided To Quit Drinking

2 years. It’s been 2 years since I put the bottle down and quit drinking. After years of saying I really should quit, I finally did it. I never thought it was possible, but God proved to me it was. Today, I... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: What Is With The Sheep?

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: To Those In The Fight Against Depression

DEPRESSION I know a lot of people sighed at that word because they feel the same thing I do when they think of it. I know many of you stand beside me every day fighting this same fight. This fight we are i... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: For Those Working In The Shadows

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: My Self Injury Story

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: Is There Any Light Here? (a poem)

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: The Jar of Clay (a poem)

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...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: The Week of Philippians 4

Looking back on 2016, there is one significant week I wanted to talk about here. My maternal grandfather got very sick and was hospitalized in May 2016. Memorial Day weekend I went home to go see him. I ... Read More...

The Eccentric Sheep Musings: The Most Valuable Thing on Earth

What do you find valuable? Obviously money has value. The things we own have various levels of value. Maybe you have a few choice concert mementos like autographs and guitar picks that were tossed your way t... Read More...

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