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My alarm went off at 6:30 AM last Friday.  I looked around my room remembering it was a big day and orientated myself to my memories.  The ordinary room looked like this. The day would end with me many miles from home looking like this: This is a great example that a single day canRead more

I’m leave to go fishing this morning in the northern waters of Minnesota.  The fishing season opens this weekend, and I’m leaving with a group of men seeking an adventure in modern America.             I awoke drinking a mountain dew this morning as I prepare for the trip.  Sometimes I like a different taste thanRead more

          Last night I sat in this library and looked around.  Books were everywhere.  The height of the racks felt like skyscrapers and rows felt like I was in a city built on information, and there was so much to pick up and learn.  I felt so small compared to this metropolis-sizedRead more

    Last night I laid in bed and couldn’t sleep.  I felt waves of depression creeping over me like a snake.  I think we all have nights like this.  I’m always pushing myself to make the right decisions, holding myself accountable to reach such a high standard, but sometimes reality catches up to me andRead more

            I think we sometimes forget how awesome our education system is this country.              Sometimes we forget how brilliant it is supposed to make us.  But really it doesn’t make all of us that brilliant.  It’s just a norm.             But there is a better way.  Let’s create aRead more

            I live in Minnesota and spring weather brings flashes of warm and cold weather.  Perfect example:  It was beautiful earlier, and now it’s snowing as I write this.  The instability also inspires a lot of interesting, unusual storms of thought to develop in my mind.              This morning, I looked outsideRead more

I had a close friend years ago who would always ask everyone he met, “So if you were an animal what type of animal would you be?”  He loved that question because it immediately opened a portal into the soul of the individual and revealed to him how they identify themselves with the world. IRead more

                    This morning I walked to the front door and stared outside.  Everything was white; it sparkled and flashed in my eyes.  Ten inches of fresh snow covered the ground as far as I could see until the falling snow covered it across the road.             IRead more

           Without God, and faith, the landscape around you can sometimes look like this… bleak and empty…             But then once your eyes are opened to at least the possibility of something more going on than just our planet spinning around like a stone in theRead more