Don’t Lose Hope


Don’t lose hope. Make a list of 100 things for which you can give thanks. Turn on a Christian radio station and sing praise songs to God (even if you’re on the fence). Lift your chin and put one foot in front of the other until you feel as confident as you look. Do all three at the same time if you need to, but DON’T LOSE HOPE.

Hope. Someone here needs hope. So … here we go. Ten years ago today I drank my last rum & coke. Ten years ago tomorrow I woke up

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I got to do something really cool yesterday. I got to sit down with a friend and see the kids’ chapter book she’s spent the last year putting

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I have never seen so many chill teenagers and nervous adults in my life. I made a snap decision to make my way from Aberdeen, South Dakota to

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Today I’ve decided to become more like Alaina. Don’t know Alaina? Take my word for it, she’s awesome. I mean, she had a UNICORN at her birthday party,

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I’ve got a project staring me in the face. Do you have any of those? Maybe it’s a closet that needs reorganizing or a deck that needs to

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You want to feel loved? Go be a pastor at a rural church in South Dakota. It’s like stepping into a family reunion and a group hug at

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