Each year I tell myself this is the summer I cut way back on props and complications and create an engaging, high-participation library...

Kim and I are home from a wonderful 15 days in England. A handful of those days were spent in the southern countryside where we were able...

I was invited to submit a poem for an anthology recently on the topic of parent/teacher conferences. This poem turned out to be not quite...

This past weekend, between programs in South Dakota/Iowa and Kentucky, I had the pleasure of staying with my good buddy Mark just outside...

In the Country Music Hall of Fame are two yellowed pages torn carelessly from a comb-bound journal. You might struggle to find them....

I keep thinking I’m supposed to write a blog about the new book. But, to be honest, I have no idea what there is to say. "It’s a new...

I have commitment issues. No, not in person-to-people relationship stuff. I'm feeling pretty good about that part of my life. But as I...

What do you do when you’ve stalled out? I was helping a young man move his car out of an intersection recently. If you’ve been that...

Barriers. Restrictions. Limits. All bad, right? Well, maybe not. I vaguely remember an interview with Bruce Springsteen (In truth it...

Coming soon! One of the reasons I am excited about finally launching this new web site is the opportunity to incorporate a blog. Maybe a...