How a little courage turned into a family holiday
This is a big week for me. Almost a decade ago I did something stupid. Something I was terrified to do. But because I did that thing that I was terrified to do next week I get to do something I've wanted to do my entire life. Something I'm extremely excited to do. Something that will be one of the biggest moments of my life. Something so big that August 27th will be a [...]
Do this, not that! 3 things to do instead of complaining
There is a book that was popular not too long ago called, Eat This, Not That! The book gave food choices that were healthier alternatives to popular bad foods. For example it would tell readers to eat this: fruit; not that: candy bar. The book's goal was to help people choose food [...]
How to teach manhood (or anything else)
There's a song my dad used to sing to me when I was young. The song is an old school country song about a muscular guy who was "broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip" named John. My dad wasn't vocally talented but he liked to lower [...]
I challenged myself to write an entire manuscript in three months (and this is what happened)
I like to challenge myself. Sometimes I like to challenge myself too much. So I challenged myself to write an entire manuscript in three months. While I was writing the sequel to THE NEPHILIM VIRUS I hit a snag and had to put the manuscript on hold in order [...]
3 things Jesus never said
Jesus said quite a few things and many of those words have been preserved for us. In fact, as far as historical figures go, the amount of things Jesus said that were preserved for us is unparalleled in ancient literature. Great men wrote down many of the things Jesus [...]
How to be happy while you are sad
Some time ago I came across a list of the most stressful and traumatic events that can happen in a person's life. Among the top items on the list were a) moving and b) the loss of a close family member. Recently I was thinking over the last eight [...]
A message to fathers
Everyone’s life tells a story. As a parent my job is to do a good job of writing the first few chapters of my child's story while they are still too young to write it themselves. My responsibility as they grow older is to gradually teach them to write [...]