Empowerment Risk and Reinvention
Stay Thirsty My Friends
People hang on his every word, even the prepositions. He lives vicariously through himself. He bowls overhand. He is the most interesting man in the world. My new … Read More
Blog posts for Risk and Reinvention
Cancer (and other road hazards) Religion and Spirituality Risk and Reinvention
Lessons on Worry from Jesus and Dr. Seuss
I want to put two of my favorite people together in conversation about a topic that dogs us all: Worry. The two people? Jesus and Dr. Seuss. Jesus … Read More
Why a Travel Break Can Be the Best Career Move You’ll Ever Make
Originally published on BootsnAll By Adam Seper. Career breaks and sabbaticals have finally been gaining steam in countries like the United States, where even as recently as a decade … Read More
Gratitude Risk and Reinvention
It’s Still Life
This blog post was also featured by Psychology Today as well as preached as a sermon at the Madison Avenue Baptist Church in NYC.) Recently, I saw an image on Pinterest that said “Life*” at … Read More
Interview with comedian, preacher Susan Sparks
Originally published on Read the Spirit . Now this is funny! AND, it’s an important insight for anyone who cares about congregations: In building her community, Susan Sparks pulls together all … Read More
Cancer (and other road hazards) Risk and Reinvention
Blindsided: How To Recover From The Hits You Never Saw Coming
Taken from my blog at Psychology Today . My first true love was a used cobalt blue 1976 Ford Mustang. We had a beautiful love affair my sophomore year in … Read More
Pastor Susan Sparks: From Law to Grace
Originally published by Howell Scott on From Law to Grace . There aren’t many of us out there — lawyers who are now pastors. Please try to refrain from thinking about a lawyer joke at this … Read More
Empowerment Risk and Reinvention
The Mulch Pile
This summer I spent a few days in our beautiful little cabin in Chetek, Wisconsin. (Find Madison on a map and go about two hundred miles north). The … Read More
There’s Been a Change in Plans
5:30pm JFK I was sitting on the runway waiting for a flight to Minneapolis–or so I thought. Just after pulling away from the gate, a huge cell of … Read More