Missing the Mark

Are your lights and stockings hung by the chimney with care? Well, ours are. We are fully charging into holiday cheer at my house. Just like I talked about in my last post, I’ve decided to be intentional about finding Joy this season. However, I probably need to stop buying things with the word “Joy”

Now What?

Isn’t it interesting how all of the media “experts” got it wrong? During the last few weeks, we were promised landslide victories and explosive violence. But, neither happened. It was a week that revealed just how many differing opinions make up this country, and when asked to choose between only two options, the outcome is

2020 Vision: LOVE

This week, I re-listened to an older podcast on NPR’s TED Radio Hour called The Five Senses. The whole talk is almost an hour-long, and even though it’s a few years old, it’s incredibly relevant today. The part that stuck out to me the most was about sight. If you’re interested in hearing the podcast,

Seasoned Learning

Maybe it’s the dichotomy of having a teenager who knows everything and being in my 40s and realizing I don’t know nearly enough, but I’m constantly reminded of how good it is to have seasoned people in my life. One of those seasoned friends of mine, who has been reading the Bible a lot longer

Favorite

Last week, I had the honor to help lead a team of Seacoast Men on a 4-day hike in the mountains of North Carolina. It was incredible and by far the most excellent hike that I had ever done. Before I left, Anna sweetly hid a letter in my backpack to discover later, and it

Skyscrapers

I’m reading this book that says when we get into our 30s and 40s, our life patterns are similar to well-established metropolis cities in the way that the only way you get to build or start something new is to tear something old down. It made me think about those weight loss shows like The

Don’t Borrow Trouble

I have a colleague from northern Minnesota who overheard a friend and me talking about the media frenzy over if Trump will leave office after the election. She chuckled and asked why we were even talking about it, and I laughed about being busted not working and agreed that it was a waste of our

Proof is in the Pudding

Anna and our neighbor, Tomelex, both love to cook, and both spent many evenings during the quarantine, making a little extra of whatever they were cooking and sharing it between houses. All of those ‘little extras’ are also the reason we’re now dieting. One night, I pulled into my driveway and saw Tomelex frying wings

Bridge Jumping

Remember your parents asking, “If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?” I’m sure you were doing something far less foolheartedly than I was, but it’s almost a rite of passage to hear it.  There’s a pretty easy case to be made for keeping good company. As kids, our parents had a

Just Breathe

When is the last time you read something so surprisingly profound that it stops you in your tracks? I have been reading Becoming a King: The Path to Restoring the Heart of a Man by Morgan Snyder, and I was struck by a line he quoted in his book.  “You’re a soul made by God,