Author: Hoosierdaddy101

DIAGNOSIS: DRY & EMPTY It was about 7:30am as I stood talking with my wife.  Suddenly my phone sent a notification…a potential real estate lead!  I almost hit the phone but then hesitated, telling my wife that what I really needed in that moment was to be quiet before the Lord.  (Stay with me here, … Continue reading The Illusion of Life →

What follows is a story that was inspired by a recent open gym time we held for the high school players who aren’t involved in spring sports.   I’ll forever be a coach…always identifying patterns, always challenging, trying to inspire and motivate.  However, I’m also that player who needs to learn how to play to my … Continue reading BREAK & CREATE →

This starts with stories on the basketball court, morphs into battles with addiction, but in the end, it's about simply putting ourselves into a position to get more out of this life we are given. Hope you enjoy it. What Am I Doing Here? This past October I got back into coaching high school basketball.  … Continue reading No One Ever Showed Me →

Several weeks ago I had a young man approach me in basketball practice a bit frustrated and he said, "Coach, am I taking bad shots?" I noted this young man has shown himself to have some excellent character in the small snapshot I've seen which is less than two months of practice. I asked him … Continue reading Play to Your Strength →

As I stood on the sideline this evening during practice, I found an agitation stirring within. For me, coaching has always been about a bigger picture than the game itself, it’s been about discovering those teachable moments, opportunities to challenge a player to become a better athlete and teammate…a better student in the classroom…a better … Continue reading The Little Things →

It was a door of opportunity in front of the young man, and some unfamiliar drive from within propelled him forward.  He had to understand this stirring in his heart.  He’d heard things that challenged him, and he saw things that, frankly, had he not witnessed with his own eyes, he would not have believed.  … Continue reading Do We Really Want the Answer? →

I’m thankful for the sunrise...a new days...a new week, a new month. I’m thankful for new beginnings, fresh starts...a new “Day One”... I’m thankful for mulligans when we slice our t-shot off the Tee Box, for do-overs without penalty. I’m thankful that today represents the reality that regardless of my mistakes of all my yesterdays...today … Continue reading A Simple Reality Check →

An Unlikely Source In recent months, I’ve been meeting weekly with a group of guys on parole from the Department of Corrections.  When I first began meeting with them this past summer, the attraction was that they were going through a book titled “Wild at Heart” by John Eldredge, a book I loved and carried … Continue reading End of the Road →

Mike came into the office yesterday for an appointment.  He looked cold and worn out as he took off his large backpack and coat in my office.  Mike had taken a bus to my office from meeting with his pre-trial caseworker.  He’d spent several hours outside at the transit center before his bus came because … Continue reading Everyone’s Got a Story…If We Want to Hear It →

I was talking with a client last week and the topic of “addiction” came up.  It consistently does…  She has a lengthy history within the legal system with heroin being at the center of it.  As we talked about how she’s doing, she brought up the new felony charges she’s facing from an old crime … Continue reading It’s Never Really About the Muffin →