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I was twelve years old when I stood up in front of my summer church-camp peers in a hot, southern Indiana chapel and proclaimed the God...
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- Jan 17
- 3 min
An Uncomfortable Secret
I’ve been uncomfortable lately. I “started” my coaching business is January of 2020, and we all know that two months before the impact of...
- Jan 16
- 3 min
A Boy and His Truck
I've always wanted a pickup truck. The reasons have changed throughout the course of my life, but I've wanted one for as long as I can...
- Jan 15
- 3 min
Rearranging Furniture
When my wife and I moved to Grand Rapids, MI we rented a small apartment in the suburbs. We furnished it with some stuff from my...
- Jan 12
- 3 min
500 Words - Day 12: Why I Write
My dad is a published author. It's not why I write, but I think there must be some part of me that connects to him through writing. One...
- Jan 11
- 3 min
Clear the Mechanism
I recently watched the first few episodes of Yellowstone. I can understand why so many people like it. It's freedom and guns, horses and...
- Jan 10
- 4 min
Prompting the Trickster
During these early days of my 2023 goal to write 500 words a day (Sundays optional) I’ve been using writing prompts from a Google search....
- Jan 9
- 3 min
500 Words - Day 9: Write about your first job.
If you grew up in the 80's or 90's there's a very good chance one of your first jobs was delivering newspapers. That was a long time ago...
- Jan 8
- 3 min
500 Words - Day 7: Write about a time you failed
NOTE: This writing is bad, bad enough that I'm noting here the purpose of the 500 words a day. Whatever your goals are, whatever you're...
- Jan 6
- 3 min
500 Words - Day 6: Do you like to be alone or with company?
This is one of those questions that has to be answered with a qualifier. I don't dislike company, depending on the company. It reminds me...
- Jan 5
- 3 min
500 Words - Day 5: Write about your favorite teacher
I have had several teachers that are memorable for all the right reasons. Mrs. Myers in kindergarten, Mrs. Smith in 4th and 6th grade,...
- Jan 4
- 3 min
500 Words - Day 4: Are you an optimist or a pessimist?
I want to say I'm a positive person, always hoping for the best, expecting the best. Outwardly I believe that's mostly true. I enjoy...
- Jan 3
- 2 min
500 Words - Day 3: If you could hit the reset button on one area of your life, what would it be?
Do I have regrets? That's what this question is asking. More specifically, what is my biggest regret? What one thing would I change about...
- Jan 2
- 2 min
500 Words - Day 2: If you could read minds, whose mind would you read?
I imagine the first thing I would learn if I were able to read minds is that people do in fact think of us far less than we think they...
- Jan 1
- 2 min
500 Words - Day 1: If January were a month, what color would it be?
January is pure white, clean, with no spots or blemishes. It's the white of a fresh snow fall that covers roads and houses and cars. No...
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