A parable that I first heard as a kid resurfaced three different times last week. It tells the story of an old Cherokee teaching his grandson. He shares with the boy that two wolves are battling inside all of us. One wolf is evil – it is pride, arrogance, jealousy, resentment, inferiority, lack, self-pity, regret, [...]
Wednesday nights are one of my favorites. I lead a group of men in a Bible study at my church. Before you dip out thinking I’m about to get spiritual, hang in there with me for a moment. My faith is everything to me, but I’m headed somewhere else with this… As part of our [...]
When I launched the Depth Not Width blog, it came from a place of me feeling stretched thin. I was at a point where I was trying to do too many things with too little time and resources, and I was struggling to juggle it all. I pulled it off for awhile, but my results [...]
Failure. We love to talk about failure and put it on a pedestal. Accept failure, embrace failure, even chase failure. Dare to fail, and fail better. One quote even said, “Don’t think of it as failure – think of it as time-released success.” That’s great until we actually fail. Then our love affair with failure [...]
Fractured and segmented. Cut off and disconnected. Further apart than ever. Looking around today in America, listening to people and taking in the dark news, this is what I see, and I know I’m not the only one. The problem? We spend more time judging others at a glance than we do investing time in [...]
If you follow my writing or the Depth Not Width blog, you probably noticed the last couple of weeks I’ve been pretty quiet. My consistent stream of weekly thoughts and insights did not run dry but was momentarily diverted as I took some time to tend to other things. The funniest thing about that? The [...]
Saturday mornings usually include a stop at the Farmers Market where we grab our produce for the week. What’s in season changes month to month, and the array of options never ceases to amaze me. I always leave impressed by each farm’s ability to grow such beautiful vegetables, but this post really has nothing to [...]
The moment that it happened is vivid in my mind. I was in a dark place, a recently divorced man with two kids. I had sold the home I built at 24 and was now renting a place until I got back to normal. Realistically, I had no idea what normal was. My kids were [...]
We’ve wrapped up school shopping, dropped all the supplies in their lockers on back-to-school night, and had one last celebration with friends to cap off the summer. Eighth grade starts tomorrow, and the first-day outfits are prepped and ready for the morning. Hanging out with the twins tonight, the anticipation and excitement for back to [...]
When is the best time to plant a tree? Thirty years ago. The next best time to plant one? Today. I’m spending a few days at a cabin in the woods as we're winding down our summer and transitioning into fall, a new school year, fourth quarter, and another season in our lives. As I [...]
