I Have a Problem.
It’s not easy to admit when you have a problem, harder still is to share it with a broader audience but, here I go. I, like many, have an addictive personality. Whether it is food, or the occasional extra drink, or food (if you’ve seen me, you know my vice) but one that I had […]
Be a Light
Dear Reader, Life is hard and there is no getting around that. Starting in childhood, I had unfortunate experiences that quickly led me to a life of cautiousness and fear. On the outside, of course — a happy-go-lucky kid who rolled right into his teenage years but on the inside, a prisoner of my own […]
A Moment of Silence
There are moments we celebrate. Moments we cherish. Moments we wish we could relive again and again. But also, there are the moments we missed. The truth is, most of us don’t lose those moments because of busyness or bad timing. We lose them because of fear. Fear of rejection. Fear of failure. Fear of […]
This Moment Matters
There’s a moment in front of you right now. My friend it matters more than anything behind or ahead of you. But we don’t treat it like that. We treat the present like a pit stop…just something to push through on the way to something bigger. I know I have. I’ve spent too much of […]
I Like Big Barns & I Cannot Lie
Catchy title, no? Today’s Gospel (Luke 12:13–21) tells a story we don’t want to admit is about us. A man gets rich, so rich he runs out of room to store it all. So he makes plans. Bigger barns. More security and a future he can control. Who among us hasn’t sought that? He says […]
The First One: A Father’s Day Reflection
This is a first for me… My first Father’s Day, the kind my wife and I have prayed for, dreamed of, and quietly hoped would one day arrive. Today, I woke up with a full heart… grateful, humbled, and still in awe that I get to carry this title: Dad. To my amazing wife, Becca, […]
The Hands that Hold Us
Happy Mother’s Day! For the first time, I’m celebrating not just as a son, but as a new father. On April 29th, my wife and I welcomed our daughter, Adeline Rose Bailey into the world. I still struggle to fully explain what that moment did to my heart. She’s so small, yet she carries the […]