Written in Jail 12/20/2002 When I was high on heroin one time, I called and left this voice mail on a friend’s answering machine. In the morning, she delivered the typed transcript to me in an envelope. I don’t know if she did it as a joke, or if she was subtly saying I neededRead more
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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
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
