: About Me

My passion is ...

my children and wife

I know too much about ...

trivia

My parents always told me ...

get an education

My childhood ambition ...

to play professional baseball

My favorite memory ...

my wife bringing dinner and eating in our car while working a night job while in graduate school.

Why I write ...

I need to....

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading "Born Fighting" by James Webb, watching old 30's and 40's movies and obsessed with National Public radio

My first job ...

Walked a beat on East 9th Street in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee for Chattanooga Police Department on Midnight Shift

My best moment ...

Walking a beat as police officer on Midnight Shift in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee

My inspiration ...

Charles "Buddy" Guedron, Teacher, Coach, Public School Administrator and was my "other" dad.

Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Sermons of reflection

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I can't actually say that this story is from an actual "sermon" but from a discussion of reflection with a former pastor of mine at a coffee shop. This pastor, always tried to urge me to attend his services and join in on discussions before and after his sermons. While I was not a "perfect attendee" to church services where ever I have lived, my mother was. She, like so many moms was a devout believer in her God and her reflections and ideas on religion have always had the greatest effect on me. First, she came from a very poor Scottish farming family in East Tennessee. Most of the farming...

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