Probably one of my all-time favorite movie scenes is in the classic, small-town American baseball movie, The Sandlot. A group of pre-adolescent boys spend their summer days playing baseball, but in this scene they all go to a carnival together. One of the boys pulls out a big pouch of chew, they all shove aContinue reading “Around and Around”
Category Archives: Culture
Right or Left
Chocolate or Vanilla? Rap or Country? Pizza or Sushi? These may (or may not) be easy decisions when there are only two options. But what if we start adding in hamburgers, tacos, cookies and cream, coffee, or a million different other things? Some you might love and others not so much, but it’s much moreContinue reading “Right or Left”
Let the music play
Some of my fondest childhood memories are the times I spent with my Auntie Sheila learning to sing, play the piano, and the life lessons that come from the arts and music. With a few exceptions, I enjoy nearly every genre of music. Always have. Rap, Latin vibe, Folk, EDM, African rhythms, classic rock, orContinue reading “Let the music play”
Dare to dream
The past 18 months have challenged our world collectively more than anything else has in my lifetime. Death and disease, hate and division, hopelessness and depression all have plagued our human experience this last season of life. None of us are exempt. In many ways we are still in the middle of this war, hunkeredContinue reading “Dare to dream”
Walls or Windows
Spring Break 1992, at 16 years old I had the opportunity to travel to Mexico with a high school youth group. None of us really knew what to expect from the trip other than people telling us it was going to change our lives. On day 1 of travel, the big yellow school bus pulledContinue reading “Walls or Windows”
One Love One Voice 