Paralyzed by Fear
I don't know about you, but sometimes there are moments when I get sidetracked by a very funny video on YouTube and even though I...
Contagious Joy
I drove across a single lane bridge in a remote area of Costa Rica that was filled with dense foliage resembling a scene from Jurassic...
Be Still & Wait
Waiting is hard. But being still while waiting is even harder. I can remember feeling this strange tug-a-war within my being five years...
Build Your Altar - Part II
“Take your son, your only son—yes, Isaac, whom you love so much—and go to the land of Moriah. Go and sacrifice him as a burnt offering on...
Build Your Altar - Part I
“Solomon loved the Lord and followed all the decrees of his father, David, except that Solomon, too, offered sacrifices and burned...
Giant Killers
I was reading the story of David and Goliath the other night to my preschooler and as we flipped through the colorfully illustrated pages...
What do we celebrate?
I stood in a long line at a store this week waiting with at least a hundred other people to purchase gifts for loved ones and food for...
Reboot
I was at the office yesterday and was getting extremely frustrated with a new design program that I was trying to use, but continued to...
The Wildest Animal
I watched a documentary the other night with my four-year-old son that showed the most dangerous creatures on the planet, their ferocious...
Lost for Good
In early February 2011, I sat at a bar in Hollywood by myself wondering if I should order one more gin and tonic to subdue the intense...