Quit Rewriting People’s Stories!

“Don’t rewrite someone else’s story based on your insecurities.” Steve Gilliland Wow – Just Wow! There’s something about that quote that feels very Jesus-ish, isn’t there? Like…how many relationships have been wrecked because somebody interpreted silence as rejection?Or distance as betrayal?Or someone else’s success as proof of their own failure? We do this. We take […]

The Easter Playlist

Yep—if you’ve been following this blog long enough, you know there’s an October Playlist, a Thanksgiving Playlist… and we don’t really talk about the Christmas one because—well—everyone has one of those, right? But the Easter Playlist?That one hasn’t really been talked about. Not sure why. Because I have one. I play it every year during […]

The Power of the Unexpected

There’s something deeply satisfying about a sentence that pulls the rug out from under you. That’s exactly what a paraprosdokian does. A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech where the second half of a sentence flips the meaning of the first—forcing you to pause, laugh, or rethink what you just read. It’s the linguistic version of a […]

What We Hide Behind

We know. I mean, we really know. We’ve read it—articles, threads, comment sections that somehow turn into debates about everything and nothing.Books stacked on nightstands.Blogs bookmarked for “later.” We’ve heard it—podcasts in the car,sermons on Sunday,voices through speakers telling us what matters, what works, what’s next. We know. We know.We know. And there’s this strange comfort in […]

A HAUNTING Question from the past.

“Tonight is my daughter’s first high school band concert. I’m not even sure why I am writing about this.” That’s the sentence. That’s all there was. One line, sitting there like a front door that was never opened. I found it today. In a sea of unfinished blog drafts. Waiting. Patient. Quiet. Haunting. Now – […]

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 […]