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May 2013

May 02, 2013

Weinstein’s Not So Civil Rights Movement

Mikey Weinstein, the head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), and blogger for...

April 2013

April 22, 2013

Gosnell, & Silent, Spineless Reporting

Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys. Why not? Because America desperately...

April 19, 2013

Hats Off To You, Boston P.D.!

We live under a blanket of protection; a strong, thick cover of safety provided by...

April 17, 2013

How Hancock Helped Ware Hold It Together

In the middle of the worst sports injury ever captured on television, a brother emerged....

April 03, 2013

Life Through A 3-Inch Screen

Our family recently visited Washington, D.C. I had the privilege of opening the House of...

March 2013

March 27, 2013

Sandhill Crane Migration

Each March and April, half a million Sandhill cranes migrate through a stretch of Nebraska...

March 25, 2013

Unable-To-Do-Anything Faith

Have you ever been pinned down and unable to do anything? I had a friend,...

March 02, 2013

When Eggs Are More Than Just Eggs

If I want to write a Haiku about two chicken eggs, I will. It’s been...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Eating Meat In Morrissey’s Honor

I’m grilling hamburgers tonight in honor of Morrissey’s comment. I don’t have a problem with...

February 25, 2013

Watching People Drown Themselves?

“I know it’s wrong, but I can’t stop,” said a husband who had just admitted...

February 21, 2013

Boys to Men: Hip Bar Mitzvah Video

I’ve got a 9-year old son who is itching on the inside to become a...

February 19, 2013

“We’ll Pay You Cash For Well-Behaved Kids!”

Think parenting is a thankless job? Well, think again. Or, better yet…stop thinking and go...

February 12, 2013

When Placing Second Is Winning

On the night of one of our nation’s most polemical events of the year, it’s...

February 10, 2013

What’s The Deal…My Marriage Isn’t Relational Bliss?

Sometimes things that are meant to do one thing do the opposite. Take the device...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Men, Friendship, and Swimming Upstream

Each man needs a solid brother or two, yet this type of friendship isn’t easy...

January 28, 2013

Truth…It’s Just Crazy Enough It Might Work

Want to do something refreshing? Want to get noticed? Want to stand out? Turns out,...

January 25, 2013

Six Of My Favorite Story Songs (Videos)

We’re in the dead of winter, and the hand-chapping winds outside have invited themselves inside...

January 21, 2013

Dr. King – A Painfully Uncomfortable Example

Like us all, yet in his own, serious ways, Martin Luther King, Jr. was...

January 14, 2013

Clicking Parties and Other Milestones

Our youngest daughter, Claire, has had a hard time learning to read. Our first two...

January 10, 2013

BOOK TRAILER for “Man on the Run”

Here's the video book trailer for "Man on the Run." Check it out, and then...

January 07, 2013

“Thanks, Farmers!” – From Sportsmen

I think many sportsmen are farmers at heart. They’ve simply missed their calling. Think about...

January 04, 2013

Tebow, Burkhead, and Osborne

In a day when ship captains push aside women to leap into lifeboats, and when...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

New Year’s Resolution #1

Let's make something other than body fat our focus in 2013. If you’re like me,...

December 27, 2012

“Daddy, What’s Real…Disney or Planet Earth?”

I’ve been watching Planet Earth with my family. Huge kudos to the BBC Natural History...

December 20, 2012

5 Dumb Things I Did (Or Almost Did) In Past 10 Days

1. Chased a mouse in my boot: On Monday night, I slipped on my Muck...

December 17, 2012

Slow Down, Log Off, And Mourn

If you’re like me, you’ve been trying to keep up with everything happening everywhere, as...

December 15, 2012

Our Hearts & Prayers Are With You, Connecticut

I join the nation in saying that my heart and my prayers are with...

December 10, 2012

Setting A High Bar For Future Suitors

Listen up all you grade-school boys, in about ten years, you’re going to need to...

December 09, 2012

Resisting “Staggerment” This Christmas

I’m losing sleep at night. The last time the trailer for “The Hobbit” flashed across...

December 07, 2012

‘Gangnam Style’ OR ‘Kill Americans Style’?

Apparently a good beat and a catchy video covers a multitude of sins. Just ask...