CONTINUING WITH TRANSPARENCY The trouble with being transparent in posts like this is that those who may benefit from hearing this perspective may not be in a solution-focused mode…and if they come across this post, they may not be as likely to expend the energy reading it. I know when I’m in “check-out mode”, you’re … Continue reading “Hopeless” has to start somewhere right?
Tag: Freedom
TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE
https://giphy.com/gifs/season-6-the-simpsons-6x25-l2JedzvGOueS4E2tO As I woke this Sunday morning, I could tell I was in a place of deeper searching; my heart felt a heaviness…not depression (although I know that feeling well), but a yearning for connection with something of substance at my core. Perhaps there was some residual effect lingering from last night. THE LINCOLN LAWYER … Continue reading TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE
Reflections Outside the Courtroom
(This post was first published in March 2021. I came across it today as I was reflecting...I realized I had more to say.) Yesterday I received a call from a former probation client asking if I would appear in court this morning for his sentencing. As we talked about his circumstances, I learned that after I … Continue reading Reflections Outside the Courtroom
COWARD
This is going to be a transparent post about where I’m at right now…and it began with another challenging conversation in my office…but the challenge didn’t come from me. IT WENT LIKE THIS Earlier this week, I engaged in a conversation with a young man who shared an amazing perspective that challenged me personally. I’ve … Continue reading COWARD
Normalizing Mediocrity
This past week, I had a client come into my office that inspired this post. I say “inspired”, but it hardly seems like a fitting word to use in this context. This experience impacted me by reminding me of how easy it is to slide into undesirable circumstances, camp out there a while, or in … Continue reading Normalizing Mediocrity
SOMEONE WHO’LL BELIEVE IN ME
If you’ve read my previous posts, you’ll know I returned to a job I left several years earlier as a probation officer. This is a story motivated by one young man who grabbed my heart very quickly. It was day 3 of my return to probation and as I eased back into my groove in … Continue reading SOMEONE WHO’LL BELIEVE IN ME
The Man on the Street Corner
Several weeks ago, my path took a radical 180 and I found myself returning to a job I left several years ago. When I informed a very close friend of my unexpected return to being a probation officer, his reaction somewhat annoyed me because he was excited. See, I hadn’t wrapped my brain completely around … Continue reading The Man on the Street Corner
Wilderness
Out in Wilderness THE UPSIDE TO WILDERNESS There's a beauty to the wilderness; a land untouched by time; a sense that where you stand is a place few have stood at any point in the human experience. Often, there are opportunities to see the world around us from an expanded perspective; to see the daily … Continue reading Wilderness
Haunted!
Halloween is behind us, but the idea for this post was conceived along some county roads as I stared out my windshield on Halloween morning several weeks ago. I was on my way to meet a real estate client and look at a house. As I drove along, I thought about how many times my … Continue reading Haunted!
An Irrelevant “gospel”
I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; Galatians 1:6-7 There are times when we cross paths with people who are in genuine need of a miracle in their lives. As options and hope evaporate, we … Continue reading An Irrelevant “gospel”