Another Cemetery Walk

Another Cemetery Walk

  Needing to get out of the city, I landed in a northern Oklahoma cemetery. Yes, I’ve been cemetery walking again. Come to find out, I’m not alone. Recently, I sat with a table full of folks from Northern California and Nevada who all admitted to cemetery walking...
700 Years

700 Years

  For 700 years, they’ve been holding hands. According to news reports last week, “Archaeologists in England digging at a 14th century burial site made an unexpected discovery: A couple buried together holding hands had remained that way all this time.” Further...
Facing Your Giants

Facing Your Giants

Marcy Gardenhire passed away in 2010 after a long struggle with cancer. She lived and died better than most people I’ve ever known. A few years ago, she wrote these words of encouragement that kept her going: Faith. By far, this is the best place to start. Have...
I’ll Raise You An Eyebrow

I’ll Raise You An Eyebrow

Do you have any friends who are like free entertainment? Mike is one of those friends for me. Every time we get together for lunch or coffee, he seems to have a story that no one could possibly make up. Preparing for his sister’s wedding a few years ago, Mike was...
Telling Your Story Part 4

Telling Your Story Part 4

If you had to boil your story down to one sentence, what would it be? Essentially, this exercise demands that we know the point of our stories. Surviving adversity, finding true love, experiencing rare friendship, our stories will be most effective if they have a...