A few years ago I saw David Copperfield perform in Las Vegas. It was really exciting because I had watched many of his specials growing up and I was now going to see him perform live. It was like a dream... I never had... but it could’ve been; I just never considered it as an option as a kid. … [Read more...]
Top 10 Tools that Helped Me Pay Off My Mortgage
Last week my wife and I paid off our mortgage... woo! We are incredibly blessed, especially since I am a very late bloomer, yet here we are with a one year old and our first house is paid for in four and a half years of owning it. Of course, we have what many people call a starter home, so we will … [Read more...]
Do We Have a Right to Know Who Our Parents Are?
Here is the question of the day: Is it better to know the truth even if it’s painful or is it better to live with the mystery looming in the back of our mind? This is the question I walked away with after watching Shazam (don’t worry, no spoilers here). For the record, I found this move … [Read more...]
A Letter for my Daughter when She Turns 16 (15 years from now)
Please Note: For my daughter's first birthday my wife "asked" me to write a letter we can give her when she turns sixteen. Hopefully this is a letter I can hand to her directly and not my wife's way of preparing to find a way to get my life insurance. My life has rarely made sense, especially … [Read more...]
I Saw Something Incredibly Beautiful (A Post Leading into Easter)
The other day I had Youtube playing in the background and it selected this song for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwgWbIOt0ko. I highly recommend checking it out, especially starting at the 2:29min mark because the joy of the band and audience amazed me. Even if I was part of a different … [Read more...]
Why Someone Will Choose Work Over Their Family?
Hi, my name is Chad, and I am a recovering workaholic: (audience... at least the nice ones) “Hi Chad.” As a workaholic, trying to relax is generally more stressful for me than working; that makes total sense. But I’m a doer. I come from a family of doers, which is fantastic... and terrible... so … [Read more...]
Dealing with Victim Mentalities (which sucks)
Here’s the question I keep being faced with the last couple weeks: Are they being the victim or playing the victim? In my book Emotional Sex: Making good relationships great, I point out that we want to be the victor and not the victim, we want to do what we can to help ourselves and not just act … [Read more...]
Let People Suffer (This isn’t as mean as it sounds)
When I was a youth pastor I ran a mission trip to Los Angeles (I knew how to pick places to serve). It was through www.csm.org, which is a wonderful organization. We spent a week serving in soup kitchens and food banks, and afterwards we celebrated by going to Disneyland (I definitely knew how to … [Read more...]
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