If you haven’t yet discovered, I have a great deal of passion around my perspectives on parenting and addiction. While this was never a path I would have imagined myself on, I have been on an incredible ten-year journey with my son’s heroin addiction. It sounds strange to hear someone call a chaotic, painful odyssey […]
I am likely at a different stage than many of you. My children are all full-grown adults. I feel fortunate knowing most of my developmental work in their lives is behind me. Despite their age or where they are in their lives, they will always be my children and I will always be their dad. […]
When I find myself in that chaotic space of confusion and pain, it can a difficult process to find peace. When my life seems to be falling apart or disaster looms, I find that I can easily get drawn toward adverse, negative emotions and, simultaneously allow this mindset to interrupt my wonderful relationship with God. […]
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” (1 John 4:18 New King James Version NKJV) Because of the power of God’s love for us, there is no reason to fear. Sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? […]
Most people don’t enjoy riding in a car for ten hours. But that’s exactly what I did last month on my latest road trip to Detroit for a speaking engagement. In fact, during that ten-day road trip, four of those days were spent driving sunrise to sunset. On the last day of my journey, I […]
