grace

It’s a Saturday in September, and we’re moving my oldest son Aidan into Chicago on his 19th birthday....

diversity

“Family dinners.” I’d spent the day at a dads retreat, talking about how to intentionally shape the culture...

anger

It looks like anger is tearing our world apart. It’s not. Anger has no power to tear anything...

courage

The plane is taxiing for takeoff and my ten year-old daughter Caitlin is terrified. She’s sitting next to...

As I write this, it’s mid-December 2019, and I turned 43 this week. The average American male lives...

facing your fears

I used to hide on the floor of the car. When I was seven, and our family crossed...

loveable podcast episode 51

“Courage is ignoring the jeers and feeling the fears. Courage is returning to the edge of our comfort...

gratitude

This blog space was birthed out of gratitude. In 2011, I was in the midst of a reckoning...

loveable podcast episode 50

“Life is a gift in terrifying disguise, and we are here to open it, until we find the...

kids resilience

Several years ago, when my daughter was five, she played soccer and got kicked in the shin during...