by cazmac9910 | Sep 17, 2018 | gratitude, Life, Oozing, Uncategorized
I taught middle school band for 13 years in the Greater Houston Area, so music in the public schools is something that I believe changes the lives of the students who participate. My appreciation for what band, choir and orchestra directors do on a daily basis in the...
by cazmac9910 | Sep 3, 2018 | gratitude, Life, Oozing
A quick trip to New Mexico was just what I needed. I had an appointment on the books and made plans to stay with one of my dearest friends…aka “Maggie Poo.” We planned to go horseback riding the next morning. I joined her and her amazing husband for...
by cazmac9910 | Aug 13, 2018 | gratitude, Oozing, Uncategorized
After close to 12 hours on the road, I found myself driving into a small, unassuming West Texas town. The old grain elevator stands tall with more stories to tell than I can begin to imagine. The sun was beginning to set over the flat lands of the new border town I...
by cazmac9910 | Jul 26, 2018 | gratitude, Life, Oozing
My desk is in our front room with a great big window that allows me to watch the sun come and go, the birds eat their seeds and to see the kids outside playing. This evening I write with five kids playing basketball in my driveway. The bounce of the ball rings like a...
by cazmac9910 | Jul 15, 2018 | gratitude, Life, Oozing
“But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.” Psalm 52:8 As the last half of the year has begun, I am finding myself looking at my One Word with new eyes. I picked the word...
by cazmac9910 | Jul 2, 2018 | gratitude, ministry, Oozing
“For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with flowing streams, with springs and underground waters welling up in valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, a...
