Pursued by God: How COVID Brought Me Back to Jesus

As I mentioned in my last post (that happened to break a 4+ year blog silence), The Ice-Breaker Article: When Beliefs Become Your Own, these past few years I've spent re-examining my beliefs. And have arrived back at Jesus once again. But how that happened, especially these past three years I've been sober, is a...

9 1/2 Tips to Creating a Semi-Successful Blog and Increasing Traffic

So I've been asked by a number of people to write a post on how to build a blog and make it "successful". I tell them that I'm not the best guy to ask, seeing as how this blog is only "semi-successful" traffic wise, at least. But to me, this blog has been extremely successful!...

What I Learned in Texas about being a Man: 7 Essential Items (humor)

***My apologies for yesterday morning. Apparently, only part of the page was showing. The problem has been solved and you can now enjoy all seven items 🙂 Thank you for your patience and for notifying me of the issue.*** My older brother, Andrew Gleason, and I were talking the other day about all the things...

For Christ’s Sake, Teach Us how to Love Already!

What is love, anyways? Love: Probably one of the most misunderstood concepts in America right now. I'm currently reading a book, The Misunderstood God by Darin Hufford where he goes into great detail about our modern-day misconceptions about God by looking at what love is in 1 Corinthians 13 and when the apostle John states that, "God...

2010 in review (In case you were wondering)

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 4,100 times in 2010. That's about 10 full 747s. In...

If Jesus Wrote a Song

I like to think about things. I wouldn't consider myself a “thinker” or anything like that. I'm just an average dude that enjoys a good ponder. Most of my ponders get me nowhere or leave me still confused. That's the beauty of thought. You can think and think for hours about one particular topic and...

The Beauty of the Foolishness: A Christmas Blog

I know a guy we'll call "Stephen." One day Stephen was riding in the car with his friend and was thinking about Christmas. He was wondering why we put so much emphasis on the holiday. Why we buy gifts for one another, why we decorate our homes, etc. To him it made more sense to...

Jesus: Rejected by Most, Accepted by Few

The Lord Jesus Christ is the Word. “In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” The Word was made flesh and made his “dwelling” among us, and the apostles “beheld His glory.” When we get together as a church and...

Who is Jesus Christ?

He is the fullness of the Godhead, the firstborn from among the dead. Within in Him lies all the fruit, wisdom, and knowledge. He is our food, drink, gift, freedom. All things were created by Him and to Him. He is all and in all things, for God was pleased to have all his fullness...

A New Fire for Christ

If you have read the About Me section of this blog, you will know that I recently moved from Dallas, Tx., to Gainesville, Fl. to be part of what is called "Organic Church." We don't have a pastor, paid clergy, programs, a big budget, or a building. Nor do we meet on Sunday mornings. We...