MAY 2019 My high school chorus teacher is an amazing woman. Tonight I got to attend her last concert and it was a great reminder of the...

OCTOBER 2016 Some brief things from the Bible… When I think about disfiguring life events, the events that mar you… It doesn’t take a...

OCTOBER 2016 “Marred” Impair the appearance of; disfigure. Today was a good day, and I know that this statement may be a vague way to...

FEBUARY 2017 - JULY 2019 Baby Steps So humility starts with generosity but also begins with self-evaluation. It is reinforced by trying...

FEBRUARY 2017 - JULY 2019 My truck has broken down three times in less than a year. I try not to let it get to me. It’s what I get for...

OCTOBER 2019 Ego, not Eggo. I was driving my roommate and me to Starbucks at the time of this writing; honestly, it’s a daily ritual for...

OCTOBER 2019 While thinking about a clever way to start a journal about insecurity, I come to a very insecure thought. I’m not the best...

I started talking to one of the people from Atlanta, and I told him about how rubbing elbows is something I’m passionate about. He tells...

JUNE 2022 One thing you should know about me is I love infrastructure. If you don't believe me, check out my poem "Interstate," and you...

SEPTEMBER 2018 So a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… It all began when I was about seven or eight years old, in a decade called...

SEPTEMBER 2018 This post is part of a combined collection of origin stories from my past. Tuesdays with Eileen I’ve never seen the movie...

APRIL 2019 Flashback: Three weeks earlier. I was booked to attend a high school camp three weeks earlier, and I had never worked for this...

APRIL 2019 Something strange happens when a bunch of empaths get together and decide to start feeling the same way toward something....

JULY 2015 The way to happiness is through the service of others. I can’t think of a more instantaneous or lasting way. Through this act,...

FEBRUARY 2019 The gospel according to you. Christianity is a very personal religion, and religion tells us to look deep inside ourselves...

FEBRUARY 2019 The beginning of any story is as important as its ending. Prequel movies make money from this, and I believe everyone loves...

APRIL 2016 - SERMON I want you to think with me because, ultimately, through our combined thinking, we are going to find some common...

MARCH 2017 Beware the flame of a firestarter. If you live a life free of gossip, you also live a life free of its symptoms. If you start...

MARCH 2017 People have the proclivity to believe any story, be it true or not. We don’t argue against this in a country that allows open...

JUNE 2016 But what can you possibly learn from me? I want to start by saying that to me transparency is a trait that I find valuable in a...

JUNE 2016 Last year, on a night where I couldn’t sleep, I jumped up from my bed and decided to write the following. That sounded good at...