Ive worked really physically hard, and I was never afraid of working hard as younger bloke.
The ego-drama is nothing compared with the theo-drama. The fun begins when we let God write our stories.
The surest sign that God is alive in you is joy.
Begin with the beautiful, which leads you to the good, which leads you to the truth.
The cross is Jesus going into the very lair of death. He goes to meet head-on that which frightens us the most. And what does He do? He battles it. He engages it. And finally he conquers it.
Love is not a sentiment or feeling. Love is actively willing the good of the other.
If the Word truly became flesh, then God had not only a mother, but also a grandmother, cousins, great-aunts, and weird uncles. If the Word truly dwelt among us, then he was part of a family that, like most, was fairly dysfunctional, a mix of the good and bad, the saintly and the sinful, the glorious and the not so glorious. And this is such good news for us.
A great man is always willing to be little.
It's not like I have a master plan or anything.
What he brought out was a wooden gag they put in someone's mouth before doing something drastic, like cutting off a leg.
I don't have one specific tattooing specialty. I enjoy doing full-color new school, portraits, neo-traditional, realistic, black and gray, ultra detailed art, etc. . . but always custom.