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Lisa and I had just finished debriefing our World Race squad and decided to go on a walk. It was midnight in Athens, Greece, and we were a few miles away from our hotel. I was hard at work, trying to distract…

I know what it feels like to give up. As I shared in the previous blog, along my own journey, I laid down my sword. I stopped fighting for myself, for my family, for what had been entrusted to me.…

The journey of the sword: part 1 Last September Lisa, Noah and I put everything we owned into a very small storage unit in Colorado Springs and into a few suitcases and moved to Spain. We were beat up, bruised…

We are a society without fathers. The lifelong cost of this affects both genders: creating boys who never grow up (i.e. extended adolescence)— who want to marry mothers instead of wives, and girls who want securing and affirming daddy-figures, instead…

Boys to Men, Part II (continued from previous blog).  When I was sixteen years old, I was kicked off the basketball team for bad grades. The night my dad found out, I walked into the house, totally expecting my head…

Disclaimer: This blog series is to be read in “whole” or as a “norm”. I am very aware that in every generation we have amazing people that overcame and did amazing things. You may even be one of those people. If…

How many times did your parents, a teacher, a coach ask you to change? If you would just “Change” everything would be alright!  I believe that is why we are all so afraid of change. It means we have to…

Three years ago today—Easter— was the last time I saw my Michael, my son, my reflection alive. We sat in the kitchen and talked about God, school, rugby, and life. He asked me to please keep him home and from…

The circle of life… Andrew Shearman has a great message on the “Tree of Life”. He teaches that life is not about right or wrong, black or white. It is about Life and Death, and there are times in our…

  As parents, the best “parenting” we can do is point our children toward their heavenly father. We can teach them to go to Him with their questions, their pain, their confusion, and their triumphs. I believe the best form…