Journal

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast I was sitting in one of my local diners one morning with a cup of coffee that had long since cooled when I learned Grief Is the Echo of Love. The place was quiet except for the low hum of conversation and the occasional clink of silverware against a … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast “Don’t Be The First To Let Go.” I heard a story once about a quiet rule followed by many of the character performers at Disney parks. When a child hugs them, the character isn’t supposed to be the one who ends the hug. The child decides when it’s over. … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Do Not Grow Weary is a life lesson more should explore and more importantly, experience. I was sitting in a Route 66 diner with both hands wrapped around a thick ceramic mug, letting the steam warm more than just my fingers. It was one of those mornings where the … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast “Center of Attention Without Being Seen”. That’s a line I use with couples when they’re deciding whether I’m the right officiant for their wedding. I tell them I have the toughest job of anyone on their wedding day. Tougher than the coordinator, the caterer, the photographer, the videographer and … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Gratitude Reciprocates. I didn’t fully understand that until the day she stopped me at the counter of a small Route 66 diner and said, “I’ve been hoping I’d see you again.” It was one of those places with chrome trim and a mechanic shop next door. The kind of diner … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Spring Is Coming I Can Feel It started at one of those cold cement tables outside my local Dunkin’. I had my favorite coffee in hand, the kind that tastes familiar and steady, and I was sitting there lost in thought. Bills. Health. The state of the world. The … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Because He Knew I Didn’t came to me at a diner counter on an ordinary afternoon. Nothing dramatic. No thunder from heaven. Just coffee, clinking plates, and a man a few stools down who sounded uncomfortably familiar. He wasn’t loud in a reckless way. He was loud in a … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast Your Own Devotional is not something I set out to write. It wasn’t a strategy or a brand plan. It was a sentence spoken in the front seat of our car while we were driving to a wedding in San Diego. Mary had just finished listening to an episode … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast The Power of Listening showed up during a packed lunch hour when the only open seat in the diner happened to be the one next to me. Plates were clattering, orders were flying, and the counter felt more like a bus station than a place to rest. That’s when … Read more

Watch or listen: Vodcast | Podcast What God Hands You is something I’ve been thinking about every time I hear someone say their prayers went unanswered. I’ve said it myself. We all have. We picture a finished thing when we pray. A solution. A miracle. A cake already frosted and cooling on the counter. But … Read more