Does God want you to play it safe?
Two years ago my wife and I went through a very difficult situation involving our housing. Finding affordable housing (affordable being relative) in Los Angeles is always a tall order, but at the time the difficulty was enhanced by a housing crisis. We got caught in a situation where we were losing our current rental and only a matter of days away from being homeless. Due to circumstances beyond our control and some misplaced [...]
The best thing about failing
If you aren't failing, you aren't trying hard enough. At first glance this sentence seems incorrect. It seems wrong. Especially for someone like me, who always wants to win. Someone who hates failing. It took me a long time to realize that failure is an important part of success. [...]
What is The Nephilim Virus?
The synopsis for the new fiction thriller: THE NEPHILIM VIRUS Nick Reese wakes from a three-year coma to find the world he once knew is gone. An ancient virus has infected two-thirds of the world’s population, turning humans into either incredibly intelligent super-humans or [...]
The story of us -part 1 (a foster care story)
My wife called me as I was walking into the gym and told me to keep an open mind. The clock started. I had five minutes to make a decision that would alter our lives forever. That is how the story of my daughter and I started. With a [...]
The two things you should tell yourself every morning
There is a story I often refer to when I think about going through a big change in life. It's a story about a transfer of power from one of the greatest leaders to ever live to another man who was afraid he didn't have the strength for the [...]
How to make moments count
Life goes by fast. I was scrolling through some old photos in my phone the other day and I was surprised by a lot of the pictures. It wasn't necessarily the subject of the picture that surprised me. Often it was the time stamp. I was amazed when I [...]
How to find opportunity in difficulty
There is a famous saying by Albert Einstein that goes like this: "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." It's one of my favorite quotes. The statement itself is pretty simple and at first pass seems benign. It seems like a good slogan for when a losing team needs [...]