Why I’ll Miss Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard died late last week after a battle with panreatic cancer, and the news was particularly heavy for me, even though I never met him. I picked up Dallas […]
They Didn’t Ask To Be Born
My son is three years old and as three-year olds go, he’s pretty damn great. However, he does display some of the standard toddler behaviors that come along with this […]
Seeking a Settlement – Part 1
When you try your best but you don’t succeed When you get what you want but not what you need When you feel so tired but you can’t sleep Stuck […]
Base Jumping from Seven Feet
I like to jump off of things, but I’m here to tell you that sometimes that doesn’t turn out well. As I launched my body over the edge of the […]
Demolition is Better if You are Building Something
My men’s group is going through a study by Richard Rohr on the Enneagram, a model for human personality and a tool for personal transformation. The introductory session was outstanding, […]
Being Present
. As an answer to the first question in the video*, “What is required to be fully present in each moment, to notice the now?”, I have a few practical […]
Pack Your Baggage
Last week, I was reading Richard Rohr’s book, On the Threshold of Transformation: Daily Meditations for Men, and came across something that has been a theme in my life, though […]
MLK
Sleep, sleep tonight And may your dreams be realized. If the thunder cloud passes rain So let it rain, rain down on him. So let it be. So let it […]
An Epiphany During Epiphany
I’m having one of those moments when I keep hearing or reading the same theme repeatedly, then at some point I snap out of my stupor and acknowledge the pattern. […]
Reasons Not to Write
If you enjoy writing, you also have a very special gift. That gift is the ability to come up with a lot of reasons not to write. These reasons can […]
