Athens State and Locust Grove The greenway I walked this morning ends at the church where I served as pastor for forty years. I stood there in the early morning light, at the edge of a place that had shaped the better part of my life. The building was quiet. No one around yet. And …
Begin Again: The Great Perhaps-Living into the Possibilities of the Not Yet
Three words on a book jacket stopped me: The Great Perhaps. An essay on what happens when life begins to feel settled, why settling may be a greater danger than failure, and why hope requires imagination. The question isn’t whether the circumstances are right — it’s what might still be possible with the life you actually have.
The Long Way Home: When Failure Becomes Formation.
I recently wrote about watching the Odyssey and how Homer’s ancient story is really our story — each of us longing to find our way home. The response was great. So many of you reached out to say you recognized yourself in Odysseus’ journey — the wandering, the longing, the desperate effort to return to …
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Leading Through A Storm
Every leader today is navigating a storm. Culture, politics, education, business, faith — all of it is shifting faster than most of us can track. Add the rise of AI and virtual reality, and the ground keeps moving beneath our feet. The old assumptions don’t hold the way they used to. The familiar landmarks keep …
The Long Journey Home
Walking the Way | Enspirit I watched the Odyssey last night with Lucas and Rob. I’d known Homer’s epic poem for years—read it, taught it, referenced it in sermons. But watching it unfold on screen was something different. Something personal. By the time it was over, I sat quietly for a moment, because I realized …
Begin Again: A New That Never Grows Old
Not long ago, I watched a young man unpack a brand-new phone. He held it with that familiar, universal excitement. The screen glowed. The edges were flawless. For a few moments, it felt as though he were holding the future in the palm of his hand. And then a strange thought came to me. In …
America: An Unfinished Poem
Reflections on America’s 250th Birthday “The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.”— Walt Whitman A couple of years ago, Vickie and I sailed into New York Harbor. I had seen the Statue of Liberty before, but not from the deck of a ship at dawn. Nothing quite prepares you for the moment she appears …
When Imagination Meets Faith: The Sagrada Família and the Art of Seeing What Isn’t There Yet
Walking the Way | Enspirit Sagrada Família I want to tell you about a man who began building a cathedral he knew he would never see finished. His name was Antoni Gaudí. The year was 1883. And the building he devoted his life to—the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain—is still being completed today, more than …
Begin Again — Learning to Sing a New Song
Sometimes the hardest part of beginning again is resisting the temptation to go backward. Drawing on the journey of Robert Plant after Led Zeppelin, this reflection explores the courage it takes to leave behind familiar identities and learn to sing a new song.
The Next Step: Finding Courage to Move Forward
You don’t need the whole plan. You need the next step. This post explores how real change begins—not with certainty, but with movement.
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