Jason Reynolds Life and Times

Cleburne Gas Explosion

// June 7th, 2010 // No Comments » // Community

A gas explosion and subsequent fire today near the town of Cleburne, Texas was heard and see as far as 40 miles away. Our hearts go out to anyone hurt in this tragedy that seems to have started when a crew drilling footings for electrical power-line towers ruptured a 35-inch natural gas supply line.

In the photos below you can see both the fire (shot awhile after the explosion) and also the charred remains of the truck that was doing the drilling. The drilling truck was huge and was flipped upside down thirty or more feet from the explosion and was just obliterated.

Shut Up and Just Do It

// April 29th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Business, Career, Community, Economy, Government, Health, Leadership, Management, Parenting, What's Up

“Shut up and Just Do It” is my interpretation of this Art Williams (Billionaire) speech given back in 1987. Taking this to heart and thought you might want to do the same.

Do You Have Rad Moves?

// April 13th, 2010 // No Comments » // Community, Learning, Relationships

“Check me, I got some Rad moves… the Rad Rad Rad moves… Check it out hey!”
a little bit later…
“How about you dude, what can you do?”

Silly, right? This favorite Backyardigans clip of our family has a lot to learn from it in way of finding people who challenge you and that can be equally challenged back. We learn in our friendships by sharing what we know as much as what we have.

Psalms 23 House

// January 8th, 2010 // No Comments » // Christianity, Community, Environment, Family, Family Values, Government

I wasn’t involved with the Psalms 23 House myself, but my church was one of the collaborators in the project indirectly through Urban Youth Impact. Watch this video to see a homegrown “Extreme Home Makeover”. Much of what is interesting is toward the end, so check it out.

Burying a Grandmother

// February 3rd, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Community, Family, Family Values, Personal, Prayer

We buried my grandmother on Saturday and my dad asked me to conduct the graveside service. It was a great honor and blessing to do this for my family and my grandmother. Far from a pastor, I admittedly borrowed from my friend David Helbig’s previous memorials and a 1920′s era book titled “The Pastor’s Ideal Funeral Book”. I wanted the service to be formal but personal. Everyone seemed to be happy, so I trust my grandmother would have been as well.