To my new friends at the Hansen House: You are my inspiration! Thank you for the reminder that we all need hope, courage and strength.

After a recent speaking engagement, I had the privilege of meeting Audrey Carter, the executive director of the Hansen House.  The mission of the Hansen Foundation is to help recovering addicts gain access to treatment. Audrey introduced me to an enthusiastic group of...

My Trip to Burger King

The last time I ate at Burger King was probably over a decade ago. I am not an advocate of fast food, but on occasion, due to time restraints I might drive through Chick-fil-A, to get one of their grilled chicken dishes, and that’s it! But tonight was different....

Keep Calm and Wear Your Tiara

Today, a 21-year-old student of mine walked into the classroom wearing a tiara. It’s not every day someone walks around wearing a tiara, especially on a college campus. So I asked her the obvious question: why was she wearing a tiara? She replied,...

We All Wear Masks

Every day in the news we hear stories about people who seem relatively happy with their lives and yet they go and do something horrific, like crash a plane filled with passengers. What the news is revealing is that the man’s life was falling apart: a lover had...
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