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Invitation To Zoom Release Party & 50 Second Video of First Time Seeing the Book
I am personally inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: My Book Release Celebration Time: May 31, 2025 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Thirty Minute Duration (10:00 PM Barcelona) Join Zoom Meeting https://us05web.zoom.us/j/86201936155?pwd=0nSJobhcfnypCXXA9fXDpcQV1Jzah2.1 Meeting ID: 862 0193 6155 Passcode: YDw2kX I know you are busy and this is fairly late notice, just…
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Barcelona vs. Madrid: A Comparison
Gina and I visited Madrid for four days this past week. We updated my hearing aids at Costco (there is no Costco in Barcelona), visited the Prado Museum (it was amazing), and enjoyed the Longines Global Champion Show Jumping Competition. We found Madrid a welcoming city, less expensive, but not as beautiful and artsy as…
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Pleasure as Prayer: Reclaiming the Spiritual Nature of Sensuality
For many of us, pleasure and spirituality have been positioned as opposing forces – one belonging to the realm of flesh, the other to the divine. But what if this division was never meant to exist? What if the ecstatic sensations that ripple through our bodies were actually gateways to the spiritual, and pleasure itself…
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Get “The Purging Room” Before Anyone Else—$10 OFF
Dear courageous readers! As a token of my deep gratitude for faithfully accompanying me on this creative journey, I want to offer you something special. Before my new novella The Purging Room officially hits shelves on May 31st, you, my subscriber community, will have exclusive early access with $10 OFF the regular price. This story about…
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Beyond Shame: Reclaiming Your Sexual Self After Religious Conditioning
Many of us grew up in religious environments where sexuality was shrouded in silence, whispered warnings, and layers of shame. The message was clear: desire is dangerous, bodies are battlegrounds, and sexual thoughts require constant vigilance. If you’ve walked this path, you know how these teachings don’t simply vanish when you intellectually reject them. They…
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Protected: 2022 Birthday Selfie
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Protected: 2011 Nude Birthday Selfie
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Protected: My Annual Birthday Selfie: A Celebration of Embodiment
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Candid Thoughts As I Turn Age 67
When I was born in 1958, the world was almost unrecognizably different. There was no internet, no cell phones, no personal computers. Even color television was still a luxury we didn’t have. Heck, we didn’t have a television at all until I was sixteen years old. And we had no electric heat, only a huge…
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Indecent Obsessions
What makes an obsession indecent? For years, I lived trapped between desire and shame, constantly questioning why my natural curiosities were labeled as taboo. Growing up in an evangelical American household meant sexuality existed only within narrow confines—anything beyond was sinful, inappropriate, or not discussed. The human experience is inherently sensual. We are beings who…
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My One-Year Journey with Tantric Massage Therapy
For the past year, I’ve been experiencing tantric massage therapy here in Barcelona, and at 65 years old, it’s the first time in my life I’ve ever done anything like this. What began as a completely serendipitous encounter has become a profound healing journey that has transformed my relationship with my body and myself. I…
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The Mountain Where Time Stands Still: My Secret Retreat from Barcelona’s Bustle
Each year, I escape to Montserrat for a solitude retreat that renews my spirit in ways no other place can. Just an hour from Barcelona by train, this mountain sanctuary feels like stepping into another world. The magic truly begins after 5 pm, when day-trippers board their buses and descend to the city. Suddenly, the…
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El Cuarto De La Purga
EL CUARTO DE LA PURGA Una Novela Corta por Randy Elrod Para aquellos que se han atrevido a cruzar puertas transformadoras y para aquellos que aún las buscan. CAPÍTULO UNO Llegada a Manhattan Dicen que Dios habla en susurros, pero todo lo que escuché mientras nuestro jet descendía hacia Nueva York fue silencio—ese tipo de…
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I Invented Five New Cocktails–And They Are Delicious!
One of our new favorite Barcelona speakeasies is a short ten-minute walk from our home. We stumbled upon it while searching for a new Mexican restaurant we found on The Fork app. As we looked in the glass doors, we knew this was a place we had to visit, so we slipped in for a…
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Barcelona: The Muse Behind “The Purging Room”
In the labyrinthine streets of Barcelona, where Gothic spires rise above modernist masterpieces and ancient Roman walls embrace Mediterranean shores, I found the perfect muse for my transformative novella, The Purging Room. The idea was born in the Appalachian wilderness, but it needed Barcelona’s unique blend of architectural time travel, artistic rebellion, and sensual atmosphere…
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The Doors We Fear to Open: Finding Courage to Cross New Thresholds
We encounter them daily—unopened doors that we hesitate to push open. The job application never submitted. The conversation perpetually postponed. The creative impulse repeatedly ignored. The relationship that remains unresolved. These thresholds exist everywhere in our lives, silently waiting for the moment when our courage finally outweighs our fear. In my novella The Purging Room, Phoenix…
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About
They used to call me a Renaissance Redneck—a hillbilly with a music degree who somehow ended up leading worship for thousands while gradually questioning everything I was supposed to believe. Now, writing from my Barcelona balcony overlooking the Mediterranean, I can finally tell you who I actually am instead of who I was expected to…
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My First Novel is Here
Successful businessman Phoenix Adams has it all: wealth, status, a beautiful wife, and a respected position as an elder in his church. Yet as he lands in New York after closing the biggest deal of his career, an overwhelming emptiness threatens to consume him. When a business acquaintance directs him to an unmarked door in…