Today, no matter who you are, there’s a good chance you know someone in the midst of an addiction. Because of the work I do with Hope is Alive Ministries, I speak with dozens of families every week who are dealing with loved ones caught in the grips of this terrible...
Ok, here we go. Quick little exercise. Take a second and read each of these four phrases out-loud. I don’t know for sure I made a mistake I am sorry I forgive you No, I said outloud. Try again. There you go… much better. Did you make...
I’ve been sober for awhile now, but I still occasionally get looks from my friends and family or other people close to me that can be interpreted in no way other than this: “Are you high, Lance?” Sometimes people even come right out and ask me if I’ve been using, and...
The adventure of grace is where we belong. It fits around us like a perfectly stitched set of footie pajamas. You slide into it and life just seems to make sense around you. Ego and pride seem meaningless, worry and doubt seem like wastes of time, and the solitude you...
In June of 2013 I was broken, for the second time. While attending a life-enrichment training called Discovery. God gave me a vision of how he wanted me to lead and live for the rest of my time here on earth. I’ve been a leader all of my life, from childhood on up to...
It’s amazing to think that we are, each of us, a God-created and eternal being with a tremendous power to affect change around the world… and that most of us don’t walk in that identity. Why, it would be like being a folk singer who recorded a couple of albums in the...
