joy

“We think this would work better as fiction.” I’d submitted my proposal for the second non-fiction work of...

dreams

Sometime shortly after the Y2K bug did not end civilization, my girlfriend handed me a novel called A...

liminal space

I’m sitting on a beach chair in the summer of 2021, watching my 18-year-old son play in the...

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...

loveable podcast episode 52

“Fear about the future becomes bravery in the present becomes joy in hindsight. Joy is knowing you can...

facing your fears

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

loveable podcast episode 50

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

loveable podcast episode 48

“We are healed when we reveal our mess to another and put our real self on the line....

facing your fears

I was accidentally sabotaging my daughter’s dream. For two summers, Caitlin began the season dreaming of riding a...