Category: Blog Post

  • The Payoff and Price of Flourishing

    The Payoff and Price of Flourishing

    My brother in law and I were joking about my relationship with my kids over the holiday break. He is the cool uncle, the fun one, the world traveler that takes them out and shows them how to have fun in the world and how to live in the moment. I am very thankful for…

  • Grow in unpredictable ways

    Grow in unpredictable ways

    As I walk my dogs each day I am struck by the beautiful oaks my neighborhood offers as majestic diversions along the roadway. One such oak must have had an interesting history because it has somehow found its balance much like a waiter with an outstretched arm holding a platter? I sought to capture a…

  • #Abundance

    #Abundance

    I follow this guy on Instagram who posts quotes the way I often do. He issued a challenge the other day to sum up my 2018 in one word. The first word that came to mind was blessed. I thought about sharing that word because it fits so perfectly and then I challenged myself to…

  • Flocking around the Christmas Tree

    Flocking around the Christmas Tree

    So we bought this thing called a “flocked tree” and I was thinking…someday I would love to Meet the Flockers. Who are these people that put flock – some sort of glue like substance that mimics snow- on the trees? I decided to build a set of questions to ask about these mysterious creatures and…

  • An open hand

    An open hand

    Read the full Story on Medium “John, when your hand is open you can give things away and at the same time make room for more.”

  • Thankful ain’t what YOU think

    Thankful ain’t what YOU think

    I used to dream of the ability to shower people with gifts that I thought would thank them properly and adequately. I used to pine tirelessly to imagine a way of thanking my bride for all she did to lift me up with “a big house” to quote Elton’s poet, Taupin: “where we both could…

  • Pepop: A Decorated Veteran of the Game of Life

    Pepop: A Decorated Veteran of the Game of Life

    Some months ago I wrote a story about my grandfather and how he taught me how to be full of CHIT: Curious | Humble | Intentional | Teachable. Today, I want to talk about this World War II veteran and how he has lived a life as a gritty hero, not just of World War…

  • Hello in There?! The call to seek connection and be known.

    Hello in There?! The call to seek connection and be known.

    Who do you let in? Who do you seek out? How often do you stop, cup your hands to your mouth and cry: Hello in There? We all yearn to be known. We have this inborn appetite to be seen. We are also prompted to connect with others. The opposite, isolation, is both physically and…

  • A Tribute to Tim the Writer

    A Tribute to Tim the Writer

    On October 21, 2018, I was one of four people asked to share some of my thoughts with some of the gathered family and friends of Tim Sader at only the first of two services.  The following is the first draft of what I shared.  As usual, on the day this was shared the words…

  • May Your Torch Burn Long and Prosper

    According to his parents May 19, 2011, was a Tuesday, it was the day they lost their first son and it was a day that his brother had the hardest time writing his blog, Tuesday’s Torch, but he wrote it anyway. He wrote it dutifully, beautifully and eloquently for 9 years.  He wrote it to…