The journal
Honest reflections on fatherhood, faith, healing, leadership, adventure, and the space between expectation and reality.
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Reading the Sky of the Soul Every morning, I give my students a writing prompt. An invitation to explore the thoughts in their heads and the emotions in their hearts. These journals are private, theirs alone, a place…
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The Rope Between Us If you’ve ever stood at the base of a rock wall with a rope in your hands, you know the weight…
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The Canyon Isn’t Silent Grief is a canyon. Wide, but not quiet. Every sound, every memory, every doubt ricochets off the walls and returns in…
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Embers and Ashes In the backcountry, you sometimes stumble upon the remains of an old camp. Blackened stones sag in a broken ring. Ash lies…
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Holding the Map When you hike with someone who’s carrying the only map, you follow their lead. You watch the trail they choose, the pace…
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There’s a trail in the Rockies that still haunts me. A thin ribbon of ice and snow stretches across a sheer drop, just wide enough…
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When the Bikes Vanished: There was a time when a pile of bikes at someone’s house meant the neighborhood had awoken. That was our trailhead:…
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The Search for Something Sacred When I was in high school, I was a Boy Scout. One summer at camp, a few friends and I…
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The Approach: A Trail of Firsts Some trails leave more than footprints. They leave quiet evidence on the heart; signs that we’re braver and stronger…
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Let Curiosity Lead the Way Some birthdays are like ridgeline pauses: quiet, reflective, a moment to take in the view. Others feel like full-on jungle…
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