Aug 17, 2025 | Blog
Step One to Sobriety We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable. Who’s the Boss of You? Once I heard two children arguing, and one of them said to the other, “You can’t tell me what to do. You’re not the boss of me.” Truthfully,...
Aug 8, 2025 | Blog
The Smells of Football The scent hit me like a memory bomb—wet grass on a humid morning. I was on my hands and knees pulling weeds from my lawn, but in an instant, I was seventeen again, face-first on a football field, the weight of bodies pressing down, lungs...
Feb 12, 2025 | Blog
When was the last time you failed at something? Every week I sit with someone in my counseling practice who’s failed at something. For some, it’s their marriage. For others, the failed relationship is with a parent or a son or daughter. Children that don’t get a...
Apr 21, 2024 | Blog
A good friend of mine recently died of cancer. We both had a love for writing, missions, and family. We had similar views on religion and politics and enjoyed a good conversation. Not long before he died, his wife called and said that her husband would like for me to...
Mar 16, 2024 | Blog
Many years ago, two deacons from a church I was pastoring asked if they could take me to lunch. Was this an act of kindness? An act of thanks for my hard work? There’s always a reason for lunch. There’s the eating part—we all have to eat—and then...
Dec 29, 2023 | Blog
My wife clocked out of her state job for the last time recently. She is now officially retired. It’s good timing, as she’s needed to help her mother care for her father, who is in hospice care. Recently, my wife asked me to work less in 2024. I sat down...
