Invisible Rust

When metal corrodes, it’s obvious. The tiny speckles of brownish-orange emerge, growing larger over time, and eventually prohibiting any movement. When habits or skills erode, the effect is the same, but the warning signs aren’t nearly as visible. As...

The Next Step

On our journeys, sometimes the paths are clear and lit for miles and miles. And sometimes it feels as if thick fog has rolled in, obscuring all but inches ahead. Uncertainty turns to anxiety, eventually to fear, and then an instinctual urge to turn back or hunker...

Summer loves.

June was packed with planning a conference and completing my annual CPE, but with July came the freedom to dig into my Reading List. Of the two dozen or so books I’ve read recently, there were a few I knew I had to share. I picked this book off a discount rack, and...

Drift happens.

In his recent podcast, Michael Hyatt recounts a harrowing memory of being caught in a riptide while snorkeling and drifting significantly away from the shore. He recalls how he and his wife collapsed on the beach after swimming with all their might to get back to...