I am often asked in social situations  “what do you do?”

My answer,

I’m a writer
speaker,
husband
dad and granddad.
A servant as well as an executive.
I have succeed greatly and I have failed miserably.

I have had much and at times very little.
I have raised my hands high in worship and praise to God,
cried over my situation and questioned his very existence
I have been close to those who have lost everything
as well as those who have so very much.
I have been in the middle of chaos and destruction,
and experienced the alternative, true peace and contentment.
I almost lost my life at 7 then again at 16 again at 27 and yet again at 46,
now at 61, my life in many ways is just beginning.

Who I am is someone just like you, with life experiences we all face or perhaps could have avoided completely. Often in life, the outcome of our challenges are related to how we see them as they unfold. Unexpectedly and often beyond our control. It’s good to have someone share where they have been. Down that road you are currently on or will be. Someone who has lived and survived those things we all encounter. To have information, compelling evidence and understanding from a voice you trust to say what’s so.

I tell story’s,

True story’s that make a difference, and remind us of how inter-connected we all are. That success and failure real or imagined is fleeting, that the desire to contribute and make a difference is who we are at our core.

I am an encourager, and I tell stories

” Kind words spoken honestly give birth to new hope”

DLC