Secrets

There’s a window. Not the kind you open to let air in,but the kind you stare through. It’s the pane that holds what you know about yourselfbut hope no one else ever sees. Thoughts you edit.Emotions you mute.Stories you retell—minus the messy parts. Secrets. And here’s the paradox:we work so hard to hide them,but they’re […]

Distractions

I’m currently reading a book called Shot Ready by Stephen Curry. Yes, it’s a basketball book.Yes, I’m not an athlete.Yes, it’s outside my wheelhouse—and that’s exactly the point. Steph isn’t just a generational shooter; he’s a leader—on the court and off it. And when I want to grow as a leader, I’m always curious about what makes other […]

Tick Tock

Tick Tock. Tick Tock.Tick Tock. Tick Tock.Tick Tock. Tick Tock.Tick Tock. Tick Tock. Time passes so slowly when we’re young. We don’t realize it then. Christmas feels forever away. Birthdays take ages to arrive. School years drag on, vacations seem impossibly distant, and everything ahead of us feels stretched out, unhurried. Days are long. Years […]

Chips Fall

Chips fall… There is almost nothing you can do about it. You can’t control outcomes.You can’t decide how people will respond.You can’t make life land neatly where you hoped it would. You can do the right thing.You can also do the wrong thing—and yes, that can influence where the chips fall.But even then, the truth […]

Thanksgiving Music Playlist 2025

So here we are — fully into what I like to call the Thanksgiving Season. About thirty years ago, I started something small that’s turned into one of my favorite traditions: a Thanksgiving Playlist. At the time, my only goal was to make sure Christmas music didn’t completely take over November. It felt like Thanksgiving deserved its […]

Life Changing Moments

I’ve had plenty of life changing moments. The birth of my two children, changing ministries, dealing with hurt from people who either knew better or didn’t care what they were doing to me, and unexpected God moments that propelled me into a deeper more meaningful faith. My first life changing moment was when I was […]