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I laughed and joined the chanting with my kids.

“Thirty more feet! Thirty more feet!”

It was day two of the National Eucharistic Congress (NEC) in Indianapolis, and our entire crew was ready to head...

“I wish everything I tried always worked out like it does for you, Jeff.”

I’ve heard this ridiculous statement many times over the past 25 years, and it drives me crazy. Not only is it fundamentally ...

“There is a family in Denver that you have to meet,” Vanessa told me over text. “Their son is in the NICU, facing a serious uphill battle, and get this. His name is Ambrose.” I had only met Vanessa on...

“I have to meet with you tonight to tell you how deeply your daughter has impacted me.”

In 2010, Todd and Tara Storch found themselves in a nightmare. What started as an exciting family vacation for ...

On this day one year ago, I was having the best day ever. We had a new baby and a new home, and there was overall excitement about the adventures God had in store for our family. With so much change h...

We circled each building at the intersection, looking behind the dumpsters and down the alleyways, but still no signs of my new friend. Only hours earlier, I had encountered him at a nearby gas statio...

“I’m sorry. The last time we talked, I lost my cool. There is no excuse for that behavior. I was reacting from a place of stress and was far from acting my best.”

He sat and watched the river flow by...

My niece Sarah was almost three months into her hospital stay when Christmas rolled around that year. As we opened presents and thanked God for this time together, my brother told me that Sarah also h...

John Ruhlin passed away at 44, leaving behind a wife and four daughters. He was a business hero of mine, and his legacy continues today through the GIFT-OLOGY concepts taught to so many of us.

GIFT-O...

I heard the car horn and the screeching brakes. Then I looked over just in time to see that I was about to be t-boned by someone from the cross traffic at an intersection.

My life didn’t flash before...

“We cannot have another lame company Christmas party that no one will ever remember,” I interjected. “I want to volunteer to be in charge of the entertainment for the evening, and if it’s okay with th...

I couldn’t figure out why my Wednesday morning alarm sounded just like my ringtone.

Ring, ring.
Ring, ring.

I cleared my eyes to see the clock.

3:50 am.

Then I grabbed the phone. Oh wow, this was ...

Kathy was slow to answer the door and appeared caught off guard by my kids as they shouted, “Merry Christmas!” before handing her a round tin box. The kids had spent the previous day in the kitchen ma...

As a teenager, I tried to defend the underdog but did very little to help my classmates who had special needs. What’s worse, I would go along to get along - If friends were making fun of these kids, a...

I could hardly believe the guest list as I scrolled through the names:

George W. Bush, then President Bill Clinton, Gerald and Betty Ford, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Rev. Billy Graham, ...

We were several hours into a very productive exercise to establish the company’s core values, and it looked like we were headed for extra innings as we sensed that something was still missing. Our ini...

It’s 98 degrees outside, and once again, I am drenched head to toe in sweat as I reinforce yet another section of our fence. This is the third time I’ve been called to the pasture to retrieve our mini...

“I don’t get it. Why would Undivided Life purchase a construction company?”

That is the second most common response when people hear that Undivided Life acquired McKnight Construction. The other resp...