Tattoos On The Heart

Greg Boyle’s new book:  Tattoos On The Heart–The Power of Boundless Compassion is an absolute MUST read. For the past several decades Boyle has worked in one of the most gang-infested areas of LA.  His call has been to fight despair and meet the world with...

Summit lesson

Climbing Pikes Peak was a bit more of a challenge than I anticipated.  I knew it would be very difficult but I didn’t realize the severity of strain the weather would impose.  We were on the mountain at 5 AM.  The first 6 miles took us up 3,000 feet through...

Pikes Peak

When I returned from climbing Kilimanjaro Julie explained that she wanted to do a climb with me.  Sooo, Memorial Day weekend we’re climbing Pikes Peak in Colorado.  No easy climb . . . 14,110 feet at the summit.  Average temperature at the top on Memorial Day...

Every once in awhile . . .

This past weekend my kids, Tabitha and Elijah, spent the night with my in-laws, Dominic and Linda. Dom and Linda are Catholic so they took Tabs and ElJ to Saturday evening mass with them.  Turns out that an older gentleman at the service took a liking to them and...

How will we respond?

This afternoon after walking a few miles in the park (training for Pike’s Peak) I stopped at our local grocery store to pick up a few things for dinner.  After loading my cart (which included several frozen items) I proceeded to the checkout and realized that I...