For the last week at 7am I’ve been giving my 13-year old Daughter, Mary Inger, guitar lessons. She has a treasure trove of lyrics and is desperate to play the guitar and create music for them. I told her if she was ready everyday at 7am I would teach her,…
The expectations of culture can be overwhelming. From the time we enter school we are told by someone else what is next for us. It’s as if real life is being put on hold until we have permission from the expectations of the world. This angst, this feeling that “I…
We should think very hard about when and where we send out troops to fight. And more importantly, what it means to help our warriors transition home to a new life. War is hell, and it leaves deep marks in the soul of those who fight it. The moral injury…
The recent Fort Hood shooting has once again shined a light on the military mental health crisis. Whatever caused this tragedy to happen, we know that the shooter was already in the military’s mental health care system, yet it seems they were caught off guard by his violence. An article…
Are people conspiring to make life hard for you? Feeling alone and the only one to cry to for help is God? Pissed off and seeking a little vengeance on your enemies? You aren’t alone, King David wrote about the same feelings long ago. So feel free to vent a…
“If you are going through hell, keep going.” A quote from the great Winston Churchill. How awesome and true is that? But what do many of us do when all hope seems lost? We stagger around for help. We look for the easy way out. We try to cut our…
