When I’m leading a team building group, I may say, “Now we’re going to do the hard part." I get looks like they're pretty sure they've just done the hard part. And then I say, "We’re going to think about what we’ve done. And since we’re good Americans, we don't do that very often. We more often move from one [...]
Shortly after turning 40, I decided to do something that was w-a-y out of my comfort zone: Go with James Evans on a 47-mile hike along the Appalachian Trail. I have NO IDEA what possessed me to think I could attempt that, but I spoke with James about it and a plan was laid. I wish I could tell you [...]
A couple of weeks ago my friend Kinley Winchester began his +/-30 hour trip to Erbil, Iraq, back to his family, as they continue living out their life in Christ in the predominately Islamic region of Kurdistan. They have lived there for 3½ of the last 4 years connected to the Classical School of the Medes and Servant Group International. [...]
I’ve been asked from time to time about why I like to backpack. Last week my wife and I finished a 56.8 mile section of the Appalachian Trail, a national scenic trail. We hiked 4 days with our friends Mike and Jessica, who are thru-hiking the entire 2185.3 miles from Georgia to Maine. I’m fond of the AT having hiked [...]
On Saturday morning, we raised the American flag in our front yard at our house as we do most holidays. By 8am, as we have done on most Saturdays over the last 8 years of Memorial Day weekend, we joined other Boy Scouts at a Veterans Cemetery here in Middle Tennessee to place flags on the graves of the fallen. [...]
