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,

Footprint in the Sand

Tonight, after a bad day, my daughter Cora was expressing how hard the unknown was. She wanted solid assurances and a concrete plan that what she was facing was not going to break her. She wanted a map for her whole life so she could pick the right direction and get started right now. Have

The Scary Place

I have been reading a book called Becoming a King by Morgan Snyder. It’s a ‘man book’ written in a style similar to that of John Eldredge, and it has been a great refresher on the danger of getting what we want when we want it, including the comfort we strive for. Even though I’m

Trendsetting

I was recently listening to the Global Leadership Summit, and Beth Comstock, an artist, turned Creative Director turned COO of Nike, said something that caught my attention when describing how she mixes her driving leadership style with her creative side. She said, “I keep an open note with three columns on my phone. The columns

Legacy

A hard reality of this pandemic is that people are dying. Watching friends pass away and mourn their loved ones has kept my mind returning to the concept of leaving a legacy. I’m a part of an incredible men’s group at church that is willing to discuss and ask tough questions, and there were two