This past May, my mom, my brothers, and I took a trip to England. It was a pilgrimage of sorts. We surprised our mom last Christmas with a plane ticket and a special trip planned with her three sons (Paul’s idea). We wanted to take her to see the place where her mom was born, […]

(This pondering originally appeared over at Saint Creative Dot Com). Perhaps one of the greatest compliments one can receive is “You’re different.” We often perceive being different as a negative thing, but I’d rather be different than the same any day. One of my favorite advertising campaigns was Apple’s “Think Different” campaign, that ran from

In my 20s, I wanted to greatness. Spiritual greatness! I wanted to be great. It consumed me, even if I didn’t know exactly what greatness meant, or what it was going to look like for me. What did God have in store for my life? Was I going to be a success or a failure?