A Hurricane is Coming

A Hurricane is Coming

A hurricane is coming.  Irma is bearing down on the good (well, and bad I guess) folks of Florida.  It may just be the strongest ever to come from the Atlantic.  People are preparing the best way they know how.  Stores are selling out of everything.  Things that could...
It Could Happen…

It Could Happen…

Years ago for a quick minute, ESPN had a commercial campaign entitled, “It could happen, so you’d better watch.”  They would show great, unsuspected moments in sports where if you weren’t watching, you wouldn’t have seen something...
Yes, A List

Yes, A List

 The battle between parent and child re: screens is horrific.  We can never underestimate the influence we have on other people.   We also cannot fret over the same thing.   I have met some folks in recovery from addiction lately.   When done right, they come through...
Why Am I Crying?

Why Am I Crying?

The event is called unWined.  It is a fundraiser for the pediatric oncology hematology (cancer) division of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.  I was blessed at speaking at the first one 6 years ago and again last year.  To date, they have raised just under 1...
One Thing

One Thing

What can you count on?  Really?  What is stable for you?  What is it that will be there for you forever, never failing, always consistent?  What do you value?  What is it that takes up the bulk of your time/attention/focus?  Where do you turn when things don’t...
He’s Not Supposed to be Here

He’s Not Supposed to be Here

Joe, my son, is on a trip with another local church.  He is in South Dakota.  He is seeing Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills, the Badlands, farms, mountains and so much more.  My niece is on the trip as well.  The other day my brother-in-law asked me how bad I was...