Written 12/19/02 in jail. Drugs! I love Drugs! I imagined drugs as a best friend for a long time. I was never scared or intimidated by drugs. Drugs were a natural – energy filled – powerhouse for me. I saw drugs as an exciting, powerful, wonderful substance that could propel a simple human mind intoRead more
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What makes a leader? Why be a leader? And, How to be a leader? I was visiting Colorado this past weekend. While there, I pushed myself to explore new environments to find God far away from the comfortable home I’ve made in Minnesota. When I do activities like this – activities that push me toRead more
What happened to me? I used to be so… unhappy, unorganized, unfocused, and confused inside. Somewhere along my life journey I changed. I became honest, likable, responsible, driven, motivated, and productive? Somehow, at some point, I changed from an entitled, ungrateful, manipulative human being into a man I am proud to be today. So howRead more
My wife and survived our first year of marriage by making it to our first anniversary last weekend! At times, the journey wasn’t the most beautiful or graceful thing I’ve ever done. My wife and I struggled at times, we fought at times, we loved at times, and we truly enjoyed the journey at times. Read more
“Making a Murderer” has been smeared all over my Facebook and Twitter feed recently. The title of the movie, and the images I’ve seen, have inspired flashbacks of the rural Wisconsin courtroom I sat trial in for murder, the prison system that incarcerated me for much of my adult life, and the journey I tookRead more
Only God can lead you to your Purpose in Life, and I found God in 3 major ways: 1) First, I became so unhappy and unfulfilled with my life, that I was desperate for change. My life had become a unmanageable state of misery. A good friend of mine had just died of a drugRead more
At one point in my life, I was totally lost, hurt, and devastated. I can’t believe how far I had traveled away from my purpose in life, and how far back I had to journey to find it again. In 2002, when my friend died of an accidental heroin overdose after leaving my collegeRead more
I see a major problem with our current 40-hour-a-week, chase the American Dream mentality our culture has accepted as truth. This popular version of the American Dream includes making as much money as you can, raising-a-family-you-are-debatably-close-to; and then retiring into the sunset of old-age with a mind full of dying, unfulfilled dreams. We American’s workRead more
For the last two days, I’ve been laying in bed motionless pondering the question why do we suffer? I’ve needed this four day weekend to catch my breath, before I’m ready to climb the mountain to find my purpose of life again. I remember when I first got out of prison a few years ago. Read more
Before I ever knew I would have to spend ten years in prison for a mistake I had made in college while partying and using drugs – (Read about that INTENSE life story HERE) – before I ever really had a true relationship with God; I had to spend my first date in jail wonderingRead more
