Have you seen the “How Hard Did Aging Hit You” Challenge? This is the latest internet craze where willing participants place their first profile picture alongside their current profile picture to see how they’ve changed in recent years. But rather…
Five years ago, I was a 31-year-old dad of three, who had a sneaking suspicion that there was more to life than I was experiencing. Beneath the busyness of daily demands and the roller-coaster of life’s circumstances, it felt like…
What we are doing is never more important than who we are becoming. I wrote that last week, and I still believe that it’s true (you can see that post here), but as I went back and reread it, I feel…
A mentor once told me that life is a series of adventures. Some are more fortuitous than others and, quite frankly, some don’t seem like adventures at all. New seasons can be terrifying, but in the midst of our fear, we cannot…
There are moments in our lives that stand alone. As ill-prepared as we might be, they happen anyway. These moments represent a coming-of-age, leaving change in their wake. They are a dividing line between the way things used to be…
This week, I was going through that dreaded process we all engage this time of year. Unless you’re a certified public accountant or simply overachieved in math, taxes are probably not your fancy. I’m not begrudging taxes; I’m just not…
Shortly after I felt God urging me to pursue a passion for speaking and writing, I felt restless in my heart. I loved my career in insurance and still do. The restlessness caused me to wonder how my career and my…
