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January 2022

January 13, 2022

Avoiding Choices

I have seen a few social media posts recently that say, “No resolutions for me...

January 06, 2022

Starting Anew

Statistics suggest that most New Year's resolutions are already in trouble, just a week into...

December 2021

December 21, 2021

Getting Used to Four Seasons

I grew up in West Texas, where it is warm most of the year. Although...

June 2021

June 03, 2021

Zooming Away

We are currently on vacation. Life in New York City can be as full of...

May 2021

May 06, 2021

Graduation

We are heading into the season of graduations and it is one of my favorite...

February 2021

February 04, 2021

The Danger of Divergent Visions in the Stories We Tell

Kylie and I are currently watching a show, which shall remain nameless, and it has...

February 02, 2021

What Groundhog Day Has to Say About Patterns and Hope

Today is Groundhog Day. The one day a year Americans put their jovial hope in...

December 2020

December 29, 2020

The Power and Place of Forgiveness

There is a subtle rhythm to the way we live. A pattern of ups and...

December 10, 2020

The Breakdown Between What We Profess to Value and What We Actually Do

Conventional wisdom goes something like this: if your actions don’t match what you profess to...

October 2020

October 15, 2020

The First Steps to Changing Your Life

We all want to be better. The human experience is a minefield of wrought emotions...

July 2020

July 16, 2020

How Baby Steps and Giant Leaps Transform Your Life

It is easy to focus on what is “wrong” around us. Our situations and circumstances,...

December 2019

December 30, 2019

End Well

As soon as Christmas is over, we start looking toward New Years. A new start....

December 18, 2019

Changing Seasons

It seems as though great seasons end too quickly and terrible ones linger. In New...

August 2019

August 30, 2019

Why We Fear Change

Change is the best and worst thing about being human. Everything is so wonderfully unstable....

August 14, 2019

The Doing Gap

The Book of James talks about a man looking at his face in the mirror...

June 2019

June 07, 2019

How to Navigate Seasons of Transition

Every relationship (every person) goes through seasons of transition. We move. We become engaged, get...

May 2019

May 13, 2019

Change Your Patterns

Today I went to wash my hands in the restroom and discovered they moved the...

May 08, 2019

The Struggle For Consistency

I had a friend once say to me, “I just want to be a consistent...

April 2019

April 24, 2019

They Are Hurting Just As Much As You Are

One of the side-affects of my patterned thinking is that I start to think the world revolves...

April 15, 2019

The Opportunity of Chaos

We spend a good chunk of our energy trying to avoid chaos. We try to...

February 2019

February 15, 2019

The Flow Of Influence And The Power Of Perspective

One thing that fundamentally shapes how we think, feel, and believe is our perspective on...

January 2019

January 14, 2019

What Truly Motivates You?

In this season of new beginnings, all of us are contemplating change to one degree...

December 2018

December 12, 2018

How To Transform Words Into Action

All of us want to change. We want to be better. At least we claim...

November 2018

November 19, 2018

What To Do After You Experience Failure

We try so hard. Our best foot is often placed forward. But our intentions derail....

November 16, 2018

5 Factors That Inhibit Growth

In our world so full of progression and performance, each of us wants to grow....

October 2018

October 01, 2018

How To Learn From Your Mistakes

It happens everyday. We mess up. We make mistakes. Imperfect people make imperfect choices. We...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

3 Reasons You Aren’t Changing Your Behavior (Even When You Want To)

It seems like it shouldn’t be so hard. I don’t like what I’m doing. But...

August 2018

August 24, 2018

What The Mirror Says About Me

Every day we look at our reflection in the mirror. We also steal glances into...

August 17, 2018

Character Goes All the Way Through

When I was a kid, there was one sound that sent me jumping to my...

June 2018

June 27, 2018

Why Would You Want to Bring a Baby Into This World?!

My wife and I have been trying to get pregnant for well over a year,...