This past week I took another step in this process of simplifying my life, I closed my personal Facebook page. Boy was it a tough decision. I am spending a lot of time uncovering what is truly important to me and the next step in my life, and what I found was that Facebook was taking away a lot of … [Read more...]
The bedroom I uses as an office is one of the eye sores in our house. It’s the room I do most of my writing. We purchased a short-sale house in Fort Collins about four years ago, and my office had been one of the girl’s bedrooms that lived in the house previously. There was pink paint on the … [Read more...]
If we are made in God's image, then as we understand the word image, God must be a being. So who is God to you? When I was younger I had this picture in my mind of this old gentleman with long flowing gray hair and a white robe holding a lightning bolt, like Zeus, Charlton Heston (Moses) or maybe … [Read more...]
It is really funny the older I get the less I worry about being saved. Matter of fact, I don’t even think about it one way or the other much anymore. I have experienced both heaven and hell in this life, but I wouldn’t change a thing. I think we spend way too much time worrying about being … [Read more...]
I love a honky-tonk bar, you know the kind of place with black ceiling tiles, dark wood blinds, lights only over the tables, and huge leather booths that look like they were plucked through a time machine from a 1950’s sock hop. The kind of place where six locals are already watering up at 12:00 … [Read more...]
Back in December I had one of the best days of my life. The little basketball team that I help coach one three straight games to capture the Northern Colorado championship (7th grade). My son is a phenomenal basketball player, but this was a team effort. Not one of the wins was pretty, but they left … [Read more...]
I posted a question on Facebook yesterday that I have been wrestling with over the last week as I reflected on this past year. The question was, “What is the most important thing in life?” I got most of the answers I expected to get: 1. God 2. Family 3. Jesus Christ 4. My … [Read more...]
I would love to tell you that 2012 was one of my favorite years, but I would be lying. It has been a tough year for me and for many people who I care about, but as I sit and reflect on the changes in my life I am excited about what the future holds. From the outside, people would see that I … [Read more...]
Recently I pulled into a strip mall in North Atlanta to get a Subway sandwich for lunch. Pearl Jam’s song Jeremy interrupted my mission, forcing me to sit and reflect as I listened. I love the lyrics of Pearl Jam’s music; it stirs my soul. Soon my thoughts took me back to a time in my living … [Read more...]
I don’t get to many baseball games anymore; neither of my boys play, but I do remember the sounds coming from the dugout and the players on the field when someone was up to bat from the other team? We called it chatter: batter, batter, batter, swing etc…. It was so obnoxious. Sometimes that … [Read more...]
I am a student of life, a writer, a counselor, a coach and an executive, and this is my blog. This blog is the test bed for ideas before they become books, retreats or coaching exercises. The thing that most makes my heart come alive is helping another person tell a better story with their life. So many people are caught in their past, and they never experience true freedom. The goal
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