As a coach, I usually get hired to help people with meaningful work—a career transition, leading a company, writing a book, taking a sabbatical, and all sorts of other worthy endeavors…
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We were sitting in the living room with a glass of wine when Dad turned and remarked to me, “I’ve been praying for joy for you.” Internally, that simple comment launched a cacophony of voices…
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A few days ago I was lying in bed, getting ready to go to sleep, and listening to my nightly devotional—a beautiful daily audio recording by a group of British Jesuits called “Pray As You Go”…
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I was nine years old when I unwrapped a most wonderful Christmas present—my first guitar! I immediately started taking lessons from a family friend who taught me the basics…
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What really makes the first week of January any different from the last week of December (barring holidays)? It’s the week that most of us really get back to work…
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Among modern Christ-followers we often substitute going to church as the contemporary equivalent of Sabbath-keeping. But these two things are substantially different…
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When was the last time you held your breath? When my wife Kellie was a kid, she played a game with her siblings where they tried to hold their breath whenever they drove over a bridge…
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Right at the heart of the human story is our daily struggle between the True Self and the False Self. The greatest purpose of our life journey is to let go of the false and incarnate the true…
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The movie Groundhog Day (1993) was more than an enormously entertaining and genuinely funny romp; it is the quintessential story of transformation….
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From time to time we uncover a new paradigm that leads us to a whole new way of thinking: maybe an experience that shows you what you were always meant to do with your life…
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Kellie sent me a song to listen to by one of our favorite artists, Will Reagan. One of his lyrics says, “I’m just beginning to love you. I’m just beginning to know you.” Do you relate to that?
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Kellie and I were driving the mountain road between Damascus, VA and our home in Boone, NC recently when a motorcycle approaching from the other direction started waving his hand…
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I woke up a couple mornings ago with a vivid recollection of a dream; the details were already fuzzy, but the emotional content remained strong…
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I was running (slowly) up a mountain yesterday…and breathing was much on my mind, and I became keenly aware of the direct relationship between your ability to access oxygen and the pace you’re trying to keep.
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“Ashley has a flat tire and can’t get to work and Jeromy is already at work. Can you go help her?” Ah, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak…
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How many times have we sung the old favorite? “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.” And how many times have we owned the label wretch without question?
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I was in the middle of a five-day retreat where it is my practice to start each year with time away to hit an internal “reset” and discern how to align myself with God’s purposes for the new year...
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Basketball team affiliation was all-important when I was a kid growing up in the sandhills of eastern North Carolina. The UNC - NC State rivalry was epic at the time, and although my parents had zero interest in sports, we were a Tarheel family. That identity solidified...
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