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“Dear Jesus, please help my daddy find a fresh road kill.” It caught me completely off guard as my 6 year-old son offered this prayer from the back seat as we prayed through our daily prayer.  While it wasn’t completely out of context, it hadn’t dawned on me how much I must’ve been putting words...

I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was right after sunrise this morning as I drove down my street, heading out to meet some guys for an early bike ride. And there it was. A tumbleweed. In the middle of suburgatory asphalt and the tract home village. I’ve lived on this street for a decade and...

Goodness, Truth and Beauty Books are like people. They are beautiful and complicated.  Recommending books is kind of like recommending someone for a date.  There’s a bunch that can go right in the match. But there are typically a few land mines and booby traps as well. Everything in life that is worth doing takes...

I’ve been a groomsman in quite a few weddings. And it’s truly an honor. In some ways, it is an outward expression of saying “I will” to walking alongside that man and that marriage into the unknown landscape ahead. But carrying a casket is different. Being a groomsman says, “I will.” Carrying a casket says,...

The First Disruption Years ago, my family and I were headed over to a friend’s house for dinner.  As we pulled in, we found my buddy cutting his grass on a riding lawnmower.  The scene would’ve been a normal one, except for one thing: the way my friend was cutting the grass. Instead of tidy...

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” – Mike Tyson The narrow road to becoming a man of noble strength and love inevitably involves a poignant list of as many failures as it does sucesses. I’ve been receiving a lot lately from Brene Brown and her teaching and world class research...