by Gary Taylor | Feb 19, 2017 | Blog, Brokenness, grace, Overwhelmed, Vulnerable
I have a hard time letting go. And it could save your life. My right hand has 2 fingers that are permanently bent as the result of falling off a ladder a few years ago. I’ll put my keys in my pocket, for example, but the key ring often loops around one of my...
by Gary Taylor | Jan 8, 2017 | Blog, Cross, Overwhelmed, Refuge, Storms
Move to sunny California, they say. It’s dry and hardly ever rains, they say. We are in a drought, they say. Whaaaaaaat?! Just a few miles from us – in the Santa Cruz Mountains – our good friends dealt with over 7 inches of rain. In one day! To our east, my wife had...
by Gary Taylor | Dec 18, 2016 | Blog, Busy, Cross, grace, Overwhelmed, Pause
There wasn’t a game I played more often as a kid than a good, old-fashioned game of tag. I never wanted to be “It.” I just wanted to run from whoever was. It was exhilarating and exhausting to have someone on your heels in hot pursuit, so long as you didn’t get...
by Gary Taylor | Nov 5, 2016 | Blog, election, Overwhelmed, Uncategorized
On Tuesday I will elect…to get up before my kids do, fix a cup of coffee, and settle in for quality time reading my Bible and praying. On Tuesday I will elect… to cast my ballot with a calm centeredness, resting in the truth that God is my King. On Tuesday I will...
by Gary Taylor | Oct 16, 2016 | Blog, Overwhelmed, Pause, Solitude, Vulnerable
I crashed. I couldn’t keep up. I was giving it all I had, but it wasn’t enough. Just six months after our move to Silicon Valley, I had allowed my schedule to get out of hand. I was struggling to maintain commitments and relationships and life in general. I hadn’t...
At the age of 32 I married my best friend, Beth. Thirteen years later we are blessed with two very energetic kids - Jack (12) and Calleigh (9). My wife is a ridiculously good cook who loves hosting dinners in our home, and then I go to the gym to work off the calories. I am an avid reader who appreciates contemplative, Spiritual conversations shared over a cup of coffee. Hobbies and interests include reading and writing, journaling, working out, and St. Louis Cardinal’s baseball. More 