This past Sunday during service our pastor issued a challenge: see if you can notice God’s faithfulness in your life. And when you do, start building memorials to the instances where you catch God’s goodness in action. So over the past few days, I’ve been doing just that. At first it was easy (and fun),…
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Learning fun lessons about my kids while experiencing our first swimming lessons
Today was the girls first swimming lessons, and from the looks of things they’re falling in line right with their personalities. Except, not really. Riley we’ve always known is the rule follower. I could tell as I watched her listen attentively to the directions of her swim instructor, intense, hanging on her every word. She…
When the bubble bursts
How do you explain a senseless, racist tragedy to an innocent child? This is one of the many responsibilities of fatherhood that sometimes weigh heavy on me. Though far overshadowed by the joys, there is a price tag to being an engaged father. Frequently it means getting out of my comfort zone and doing something…
Strategic Planning for your life
The distance between your past and your future are your decisions and actions in the present. For the past few weeks in church, we’ve been discussing the importance of closing the gap between where we want to be in life, and where we currently are. This is all of course related to the assumption…
Celebrating 10 Years and counting…
Ten years ago, two weeks after walking across the graduation aisle, I stood at the altar waiting while my beautiful bride walked down the wedding aisle to Brian Mcknight’s Love of My Life. It was, and still is, the happiest moment of my life. Not many people are fortunate enough to find a lifelong partner, particularly at…
Starting Again…
Today, for the first time in 8 years I begin a new journey with a new employer, continuing to do impactful work, partnering with families, principals, and business leaders to help chart a course forward for schools in my community. It’s exciting and necessary, and I’m ready for it. There’s something that I love about…
Finding my new normal
What lies behind us, and what what lies before us, are small matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson I mentioned to my wife the other day that I need a sense of normalcy in my life. I wanted to do something to remind me of familiar times, familiar places, familiar people….
Finding our alignment
For those who’ve been following my chronicles of adventures the past few months, you’re aware of how tumultuous times have been. From the highs of discovering we are expecting our third child, to the lows of losing a childhood friend. From the highs of purchasing a new home, to the emotional difficulties of leaving a…
Seeing the future
Babe, I don’t think it’s happened yet. What hasn’t happened? Well, you remember when we first bought this house in 2007 and I sat in the hallway and I saw us living here and starting our family? I don’t think I’ve had that kind of glimpse into the future moment with this new house…Wait,…
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