TIME

TIME. Over the past two months, God has put the thought of time into my head and heart. I have thought about how time is a finite resource, how to prioritize the time He has given us, and how best to manage the time that we have. Time is different from anything else...

CONFRONT SUICIDE

CONFRONT SUICIDE. Brandon was a good friend. He was my high school roommate, football teammate, and co-worker at the Sir Shop in Statesboro, Ga. At Georgia Southern, after I became a KA, he became a pledge. We did all the things that many college guys did in the early...

GET READY FOR “HANDS FREE”

GET READY FOR “HANDS FREE”At about 6:00am last Friday morning, I was riding with GBI Task Force Agent Damon Morris to go turkey hunting in Meriwether Co. As we were cruising down Highway 27, I noticed that he had a copy of HB 673 in the back seat. This in...

Become An Autism Warrior

BECOME AN AUTISM WARRIORApril is Autism Awareness Month. For years, I viewed April as just another month with a “cause” attached to it. I did not care about autism and was ignorant regarding just about every aspect of it. I also never understood what it...

THE 12 RULES OF CAROL’S WORLD

THE 12 RULES OF CAROL’S WORLDA lady named Carol is best described as Debbie Neal who lives in another state. The two ladies share similar character traits. They acknowledge the inherent damage in being “politically correct” and are happy to tell us...

BEING ACCUSED OF A CRIME

BEING ACCUSED OF A CRIME. People are accused of a crime every day. Some people are guilty. Some are innocent. Some are in a “gray area.” Many folks think that only “criminals” are accused of crimes or “it will never happen to me.”...

IGNORE THESE PRINCIPLES AT YOUR PERIL

IGNORE THESE PRINCIPLES AT YOUR PERIL. “Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” Sun Tzu – Art of WarThe above quote from an ancient Chinese general is just one of the multiple lessons he...

CAN MARK BORROW MY GUN?

CAN MARK BORROW MY GUN?. I have borrowed and loaned firearms all my life. People forget their shotguns on dove hunts, their rifle jams on deer hunts, and sometimes a friend just wants to borrow a gun. So, it’s common in America to let someone borrow, use, try,...

JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND RESTRAINT

JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND RESTRAINT. You may have heard phrases like, “Judge Brown is an activist judge” or “Judge Collins strictly adheres to the plain text of the Constitution.” These phrases and buzz words are typically used when criticizing or...

MY INTERVIEW WITH DISTRICT ATTORNEY HERB CRANFORD

MY INTERVIEW WITH DISTRICT ATTORNEY HERB CRANFORD. On February 7th, 2018, I took my boys, Jake and Reagan, to the Capitol in Atlanta. They both wanted to see the governor again and watch him swear in the new District Attorney (DA) for the Coweta Judicial Circuit...