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For most of my life, I had three major goals. You might call them dreams;...

When we train leaders, we tell them that although meaningful organizations (and individuals) have to start...

I was reading a commentary on The Book of Proverbs a few days ago and...

When I was a teenager (and also as a college student), I was hit with...

When I was a teenager, I went to Mexico on a mission trip with our...

There are two sides to the coin of human experience: pain and joy; consolation and...

Election day is one of the few days in American society where we truly feel...

We’d all love fear to be as playful as it is on Halloween. Of course,...

I never loved the phrase “take your medicine”. We saw it in a movie recently...

A few days ago, I was at a bookstore browsing titles having to do with...

A decision has been made. You reached a crossroad and selected a choice. You have...

We all want to be better. The human experience is a minefield of wrought emotions...

We wake up every morning and open our groggy eyes. Slowly and sometimes with the...

If there is one thing that defines the state of American society today, it is...

What are you doing today? Why? What is the purpose of your day? What do...

When I think about what derails my life, what causes me unnecessary pain, and what...

Relationships are challenging. Just navigating the everyday minefield of expectations, little annoyance and grievances, and...

There are a lot of things to consider when it comes to maintaining a healthy...

It is hard to tell what is true in this crazy world. We see biased...

A few weeks after our miscarriage, I started going to counseling. Like many Americans, I...

As much as we love adventure and excitement, human beings are creatures of habit. We...

From the time we are babies, we are asking questions of the world around us....

Too often, we view work as an obligation. A means to an end. A way...

Why do we wait until the last minute to do things? Why do we travel...

Conflict is never particularly fun (at least not for most people). But it is inevitable....

My wife and I have spent a lot of time in a lot of foreign...

Life is such a difficult adventure. It is fun. It is infuriating. It is hard...

We want things to work out the way we want them to. That is human...

When I was single, I got a lot of terrible advice about what to “look...

When the whole world was on lockdown in April of 2020, I saw a social...