i don’t know when my heart was moved for the victims of bullying, I have memories from early high school where i would befriend everyone especially those that were “picked-on” by fellow students for no reason. I spent years praying that those who were victims would graduate high school and accomplish something great. I mean [...]

After many requests to turn some of my most popular analogies into T-shirts and stickers! If you have been to an event you may have heard the dead dog in a suit case story (thanks to my friend in NY) or my cool whip and cockroaches story (thanks to my big brother and a few [...]

Over the holiday break a local student took his own life. It is heart breaking, for his family, friends, teachers, and even those who just knew him in passing. people from the outside questioned his joy, his friendships, his home life, his grades, his supportive network of adults, everything. I think people were looking for [...]

as i sit here in sunny nashville with 70 degree weather and prepare to return to trout lake i am haunted by the facebook updates that tell of the few inches of snow that have already landed. my first week there i thought that i was going to freeze! i was bundled in a wool [...]

I had the amazing privilege of spending a beautiful weekend in my backyard planting flowers. I won’t see them until next spring but they are there beginning the process of Life! In my attempts to best prepare them for the long cold nashvillian weather i went to the store to stalk up on mulch and [...]

it happened… the “unseasonably warm-weather” i had hoped for. I spend the last two weekends in Trout Lake MN. My first weekend there it was so cold i slept in a wool sweater under 3 blankets and still shivered most the night. I was warned to look for snow this past weekend. I so feared [...]

I have become a huge supporter and advocate for TOMS. They have an incrediable one for one motto. For every pair of shoes that is bought they will give a pair of shoes to a child in need. and this September they will be giving away their 1,000,000 pair of shoes! That means there have [...]

it amazes me how a little bit of stress can cause my heart so much grief and thus distract me from what the Lord desires me to focus on. I always thought Satan would try to stop me with something big. i don’t know what i thought big was or is i just thought BIG! [...]

Inspired by a friend who posted his Myers-Briggs personality on face book i decided to take a test and see what it said about me. i would be interested in seeing if you all agree with the profile… here is your chance to comment directly on my personality.

“Counselors have an exceptionally strong desire to contribute [...]

below is an excerpt of a letter that i read during tonight’s message…
dear (insert your name here),
I want you to understand something…. because of the difference you are making …. if i were Satan. . . I would target you and try to take you out.
I would see if i could disqualify you. [...]