Over the past 5 months I’ve done a lot of praying for myself. Each day when I pray I try to include a good amount of time focused on other people/situations/relationships. A lot of my prayers have instead been something like, “God I’ve been staring at this screen for two hours and I have absolutely [...]

Every October many of the players on the baseball teams in the playoffs grow out beards until their playoff run comes to an end. I took my own little twist on this time-honored tradition by growing out a manuscript writing beard. Being that I’m in Portland the beard didn’t really stand out too much. After [...]

For those of you in the dark here, yes I am writing a book. I finish up the manuscript writing process in the next few weeks. One the things the team at Moody and I have been working on lately is the book cover. I have my opinions, but mine aren’t always best so I [...]

Ever since I started working on the manuscript in September I haven’t shaved. At first I secretly thought I should just keep it growing until I finished the manuscript, which I guess is still a possibility since I’m past halfway and haven’t shaved yet. I get anywhere from 5 to 15 comments everyday from people [...]

Being that I’m in the middle of writing my first book manuscript right now I tend to do a lot of thinking about writing, especially writing in the form of a book. Book writing is a unique animal because most books are fairly long. Books give you an opportunity to completely dive into a topic [...]

Anytime I title a post like this as a 26 year-old guy, having been married almost 5 years, people begin to get excited about us having a baby on the way. So let me just get this out of the way. Sorry…we’re not pregnant. This is a post I never thought I’d write in my [...]