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Brian’s Story

My dear friend and neighbor Brian Symonds helped me see through the lens of my first single lens reflex camera, the famous Olympus OM 10 Below is what his wife wrote about him when I invited her to write about…
On Conversational AI
We Don’t Have All the Time

Nat King Cole once sang, “We Have All the Time in the World”. It’s a beautiful line. Comforting. Romantic. But the truth is, we don’t. Time is not endless, and love is not guaranteed to wait until we’re ready. Moments…
Why Coldplay Became a Place to Rest

Since moving to Marion, music has become less about taste and more about survival. Coldplay and Andy Grammer have quietly become my default — not because life feels celebratory, but because their music creates space when life is unresolved. Songs…
Can AI Serve the Church Without Replacing the Spirit?

Lately, I’ve been sitting with a question that many people of faith are quietly asking, even if they’re not saying it out loud: How do we engage new tools without losing what matters most? Artificial intelligence is now part of…
Stillness Tells The Truth

There comes a moment when words are no longer needed. Not because nothing is felt, but because everything essential has already been said — quietly, clearly, and more than once. At that point, what matters is not explanation, but observation.…
Noticing What Is

Tonight I am noticing something simple and difficult at the same time. Affection can feel good and still not be a promise. Comfort can be real without pointing toward a shared future. I’m learning to tell the difference — not…
Where I Keep the Gate

I’m not closing my heart. But I am choosing where I keep the gate. Access to me is not earned by familiarity alone. It’s earned by care, consistency, and protection. Some boundaries don’t exist to push people away — they…
What I No Longer Override

There was a time when I talked myself out of discomfort. When I softened truths so I wouldn’t seem demanding. When I stayed present while something in me quietly withdrew. I don’t do that anymore. I listen when my body…
Still, I Am Here

I’m not trying to arrive anywhere today. I’m simply noticing where I already am. There is a quiet steadiness beneath the noise — a place that hasn’t been chasing, proving, or waiting. It’s been here the whole time. When I…
Becoming Available to What’s Mutual

There’s a difference between waiting and becoming available. Waiting keeps one eye on the past and one on possibility. Becoming available is quieter. It’s an internal re-alignment — a decision to live in a way that can receive what is…
What Mutual Love Looks Like to Me

Mutual love, as I understand it now, is not intensity or reassurance. It’s not words offered in moments of comfort, nor closeness that appears without follow-through. Mutual love is quieter and more consistent than that. It looks like presence that…
Here, as I am

I’m noticing a shift in how I’m showing up in my own life. For a long time, my writing and reflections were tethered to something external — a relationship, a role, a sense of purpose I was trying to hold…
God’s Story in Ghostbusters

God’s Story in Ghostbusters Crossing the Streams: When the Body Becomes One 🎬 What if a comedy about catching ghosts held a deeper truth about spiritual unity? In the 1984 cult classic Ghostbusters, four misfits are drawn into a supernatural…
The Meaning of Life

Many seek the meaning of life, but if you are a Christian, sometimes religion makes it hard to understand. Hear Norman Percy Grubb explain the big picture in simple terms through this 6-part message: The Meaning of Life.
I am HIStory – Tony Maden

My HIStory for Dr Asefaw Indrias Life Church, Olathe 9/29/23 This is the first episode of a new podcast series I will launching soon on a dedicated podcast channel ‘I am history’. As show host, Tony Maden, I thought it…