Hey, guys! It’s me, Mac! I finally wrestled this computer away from Mandy so I could write a little on the blog. I mean, I have things to...

Last month, I introduced a monthly blog series that would follow my attempt to learn more about my family line. In particular, I’m...

Well, guys, we made it through another week! It’s been a busy week full of lots of activities, but it’s still been good. Here are a few...

If you’re interested in reading this book yourself, I’m giving one away! See the contest info at the end of this post. First, a few...

I help with the arts ministry at my church, working with the teens. The goal of this ministry is to help the children and teens in our...

So, it’s a little later than I usually post and you probably thought I’d forgotten about our little weekly get-together. But alas, I have...

I drive past the house often. A 1950s brick house in a nondescript subdivision in south Nashville that sits catty-cornered on a corner...

I had all these intentions of announcing the final pick for my 2018 reading list last week, but as often happens, life got in the way....

In December 1997 when the Heath High School shooting happened, I was finishing up the first semester of my freshman year of college....

It’s been a week. A week full of beautiful things, hopeful things and some incredibly terrible things, like the school shooting in...

It had so many of the things I like. A mystery from the past a person in the present is attempting to solve. Someone who is digging...

OK, guys, I realize I’m a little late to the Instant Pot game, but better late than never, right? Last year, it seemed like 3/4s of my...

Because of winter weather hitting Middle Tennessee this week, I had an unexpected day at home on Tuesday. Every morning since then, my...

But to complicate things, I’d used up all my chicken broth a couple weeks ago making a really delicious chicken noodle soup in my new...

Me? I never really knew. “There must be some German,” I’d say, “since my mom’s family name is Bumgardaner.” Somewhere along the line, I’d...

Each week, I try to end on a high note: with a list of good things that happened over the course of the week. My life is fairly busy and...

lengthy list of books I wanted to read (35!) before the year came to a close. . . and I’m here to admit today that I failed. Massively....

A chapter in my life came to a symbolic, cinematic end today. The new owners of the LifeWay property in downtown Nashville imploded the...

Last night, at the close of a long week filled with news reports that saddened and depressed me—the news of Charlottesville, Va.,...

I thought I’d take a look at what I was doing around this time 10 years ago. The answer was simple: getting ready for my brother’s...