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Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a sermon in 1957 at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. It is definitely worth hearing. He said the following: READ MORE
Cancer
Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2012
I’m going to say something that could not be more of an understatement. Cancer is a drag. My experience with the disease is next to non-existent, until now. My sister was diagnosed with leukemia about a month ago. The doctors kicked the cancer’s butt, but in the process, they took out the good stuff she needs to fight the everyday bad stuff we don’t even think about. Now minor infections and yeasts and molds can be life-threatening. READ MORE
ICU
Posted on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
The ICU waiting room is a terrible place. I spent 3 days there this week. One of the reasons I am not a doctor, other than not being smart enough, is because I hate hospitals. The people that work there seem to be okay, but the buildings themselves depress me. READ MORE
Cowboy Up
Posted on Wednesday, June 06, 2012
I went on a Christian men’s retreat last summer to Wyoming which was led by a counselor friend of mine named Phil Hardin. Come to think of it, four counselors were on the trip, including Ron Mumbower and Don Waller from Summit Counseling, a ministry of First Baptist Church in Jackson. Also in attendance was Roane Hunter --he’s a great, up-and-coming counselor who is originally from Delta East, which is Macon, Mississippi if you didn’t know. Roane and his wife Eva will specialize in recovery from sexual addiction, which is a very real thing although it is not included in the DSM-IV (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychological Association). READ MORE
Help Yourself During a Divorce
Posted on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
I was a baseball player in high school and college. It was a big part of my identity until I was around 21 or 22. I still occasionally have people remember me as a ball player, even though I was on the field very little at Mississippi State where I landed after leaving a scholarship to Mississippi College. Hitting was my favorite part of the game. It was a little war between the picture and me. The battle at home plate is mostly psychological, just like the battle between the lawyer and the witness during cross-examination, which is still my favorite thing to do in the practice of law. While I avoid court when we can, it is where I made my reputation as a Mississippi family law specialist. READ MORE
Your Creative Center
Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
This holiday weekend I sat by the pool, went fishing and ran in the Magnolia Meltdown 5k with Mollie Ann and Emma. We also made a “commercial” for the Raising the Barr Fitness Five K for the Fatherless. It was Mollie’s idea. I have discovered after about four days without working, creative ideas start coming to me. Part of my artistic outlet is to tell you about it today. READ MORE
Not the Same
Posted on Friday, May 25, 2012
It has been a while since I sat down to write a blog article. Who would of thought being the executive director of a new, Mississippi non-profit adoption agency would be so time consuming? But I digress (more on that later)… I have a friend and client who is going through a divorce. He is a great guy who made a few mistakes. Actually, in the grand scheme of mistakes that a person can make in a marriage, his were relatively minor offenses, but his wife, a hard-charging, type-A personality, cannot stand that her perfect little idea of a life may not have a starched shirt and slick, silk tie. I grieve for him, but I grieve for her just as much. I want to reach out to her and tell her that if your idea of living is measured relationally to those around you as opposed to what springs from inside, inhabiting the spiritual realm, there will never be a sense of satisfaction, but what do I know, she is going through one divorce and I have been through about 500. READ MORE
200 Million Flowers Update
Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
A few people have asked me whether or not I am going to quit practicing law and focus on 200 Million Flowers full time. I kind of laugh when people say that, not because it is necessarily a crazy idea, but because I am leveraging the law practice to be able to help, in part, finance this new adoption agency. One friend said “The divorces are funding the adoptions.” I guess that’s true. However, I really love practicing law and managing my law firm. I get to work with an client base every day – many of whom are in the worst crisis of their life, and the R+A team is world class in my humble opinion. But I am also having a blast helping to get 200 Million Flowers off the ground. It is a really fun second job and we are just getting started. READ MORE
KEEP CALM and CARRY ON
Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2012
I should be in the shower headed to the office, but I am writing to you instead. Last year I was in the habit of writing almost every day. I was sharing thoughts inspired by our church’s L3 Journal to a bunch of guys. It hasn’t gone that way this year. When Emma started kindergarten, our mornings became much more hectic, and if I didn’t write first thing in the morning, it was not going to happen. This week, Rachel is on a mission trip in Costa Rica with a group called Visiting Orphans. I am getting a small taste of being a single dad. READ MORE
Tim Tebow versus Joel Osteen
Posted on Sunday, January 15, 2012
I have a friend who is an addict. It breaks my heart how he continually makes bad choices. I have not supported his bad choices and he has said many things calculated to hurt me –mostly via text message. Even if untrue or with only shades of truth, words from those you love hurt the most. That is one of the many things that make divorce in the Bible belt of Mississippi (or anywhere for that matter) so freaking hard. READ MORE
There is a pretty common tactic in a hotly contested divorce I rarely think about, but was reminded of just last week –The Attack of the Lawyer.
