Diseases, Lasers and Dentists

I have a confession to make. Before last Friday I hadn’t been to the dentist in over two years! Yes, I know that’s really gross, but the last couple years have been a little crazy for me. I guess I just haven’t thought that taking the preventative step of...

Wake up and smell the Routine!

In chapter 4 of my book I talk about the importance of a good routine. At the time I wrote the book it was really easy to write that chapter because my routine was ticking like a perfectly wound watch. But since that time, my life has gotten a smidge busier and for a...

At the moment

At the moment where nothing else matters, no person, no job, no image, no idea of who you are or who you thought you were supposed to be. The only thing that matters, the only thing that makes sense, the only thing that gives any peace is Jesus. He is all that will...

Do you say thank-you?

We often pray for things to happen. People to change, blessings to be received, the sick to be healed. But when God answers those prayers how often do we remember to thank him? Today take a moment to say thank-you. How has God answered a prayer for you...

Hope = Life

  What is hope? Is it an emotion? A belief? A feeling? How would you define it? Is it inspiring? Encouraging? Propelling? Sir Webster would call it a feeling of desire for a certain thing to happen. I would call it more of an expectation that what is wanted can...

Sneak Peek – Chapter 5, Make a Mandate

Today we are continuing the preview of my new book, Hope is Alive (One addicts story of hope). Today’s preview is from chapter 5, entitled “Make a Mandate”. In this chapter, I discuss the importance of crafting a mandate statement that will guide and...