The Best Year Ever

One of the great things about New Years is that it is a new year. A chance to start fresh. A chance to erase the misgivings and mistakes of our past. I love a verse in the Bible, 1 John Read more…


Brighter Days

“Brighter Days”, that’s the name of todays featured image. It was created by one of my top two favorite conceptual photographers Brooke Shaden. Brooke often integrates her desire to know and understand God into her images. The thought, that our Read more…


I want to but I won’t

In the new movie Ben is Back, there is a scene where Ben (Lucas Hedges) and his mother, Holly (Julia Roberts) are at a cemetery. Holly says to Ben “Tell me where you would like me to bury you.” A Read more…


The one thing I would do differently

The other day I noticed a state police vehicle, ambulance, and two cars on the side of the highway. As I got closer it was evident there had been a serious accident. Seeing the car with the level of damage Read more…


If I could talk to any one person

The other day in a men’s prayer meeting I attend, someone mentioned that game people often play inviting you to answer the question: If you could have a conversation with one individual in history, who would that be? I have Read more…


It’s the Little Things That Matter

Yesterday morning, Thanksgiving Day, my son offered to give some friends a ride to the airport. It was a nice thing to do especially because he had to get up at 4AM to make it happen. I had to be Read more…


Some Decisions Are Really Hard

As a recovery coach I work with a few families to help them navigate the rough road of loving someone with an addiction. Lately, a couple of families I’ve encountered have had to make some very hard decisions regarding their Read more…


Why can’t we be friends

Several weeks before Lauren passed away, maybe a little longer, she started to reach out to a few girls that were old time friends. These were friends she had in high school. None were connected to the issues that had Read more…


I won’t let go

As Our family is heading into the Holiday season I have been a little caught off guard by my expectation. For us, Christmas was always a time of great fun and plenty of celebration. As a child growing up my Read more…


These people are trying to help us

This past week I had the opportunity to speak at a very special event. It was the Arnold Markle Symposium at the Henry Lee Institute of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven in CT. It was a gathering Read more…