The journal
Honest reflections on fatherhood, faith, healing, leadership, adventure, and the space between expectation and reality.
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Some birthdays pass like cairns on the trail, small markers on the long road of life. Not ignored, but not celebrated either. For years, mine have felt that way. Just another step forward, another page turned. But this…
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Some hikes test your legs. Others test your lungs. But the rare ones, like the climb of Torreys Peak with my daughter, test your heart.…
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When you learn how to navigate in the wild, you learn more than just how to read a map. You are taught that a map…
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In 2023 while hiking Mt. Elbert with my daughter, I learned about the cruel nature of false summits. From the trail head, we could see…
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Heat, Humility, and the Ascent The trail wasn’t long, just 3.6 miles on paper but under a heavy sun and 90% humidity, it might as…
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At the edge of Harpers Ferry, where the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers entwine, I once stood with admiration and something stirring in my chest. The…
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Some things can’t be rushed: Healing. Forgiveness. Faith. And certainly not spiritual growth. We live in a world of microwaved moments: flashy events, fast answers,…
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Some Storms You Don’t See Coming We had barely made it through the gates of Busch Gardens when the skies turned. The kids and I…
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Somewhere Between the Plans When navigating presence, promises, and parenting, there’s a quiet moment that comes after disappointment. It hangs in the air like fog…
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“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” — Sir Edmund Hillary Somewhere above the tree line, where the air thins and the weather…
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