I once was called out by a bottle of juice. I bought it at the store and it was some smoothie-juice blend that looked delicious and green. As I was about to open the top, I noticed a part of the label. It was the “Shake Well” portion. You know it, it’s on every juice…

I spend a lot of time thinking about what I deserve and what other people don’t deserve. I deserve money – I work hard. I deserve recognition – I do great things. I deserve affirmation – people should see what I do. So much of what I feel I deserve comes from what I do.…

I’m tired. I’m tired of thumbing through Instagram and Facebook and wanting everyone else’s lives. I’m tired of seeing clickbait ads about “making money,” “getting out of debt,” and “this one simple trick got rid of belly fat for good!” and being tempted to take the bait. I’m tired of thinking of all the ways…

I found this in my drafts folder. I wrote it over two years ago but never finished it. Sad – it is still accurate, today. I decided to finish it and publish.  The story begins the same way. Violence, confusion, anxiety and anger. Then speculation follows. Words like “terrorism,” “ISIS,” “gun-violence,” “radicalized,” and “hate,” “lone-wolf…

I asked my wife a dangerous question one night after both kids were in bed and I braced myself for her answer. “What am I not good at?” I was inspired by a conversation on Andy Stanley’s Leadership podcast about “doing only what you can do.” The main idea was that no person, especially a…

I’m on a plane writing this at about 35,000 feet. We are flying through some “weather” which is pilot code for storms. It is pretty bumpy and if you are afraid of flying this is literally the worst. It is funny that I’m actually working this and not curled up in my seat, sweatily reciting…