The Ocean View & The Sand Dollar
Recently we spent a week in beautiful Southern California, a place called Oceanside, which is becoming a tradition for our family. What a great place! I’m embarrassed to admit it, but I’m not a huge fan of the beach thing…sand everywhere, sunburns even when I put on sunscreen and hide in the shade, there’s […]
The Broken Winch
For nearly a decade, we have relied on a steel cable winch to lift our swim spa cover up and off to the side, since it’s too heavy to for one or even two humans to lift in the space between our home and the neighbor’s fence. Over the past few years, it has slowly […]
The Ice Bath Promise
It’s 5 AM. I wake up cold, since I seem to always be cold. Even as I sit in my office in the middle of a summer heatwave, I have a jacket on. Today it is fall, and outside the temperature is in the low 40’s here in Utah. I rip off the covers […]
The Weekly Audition
Every Sunday at 7:30 AM, I teach an optional class for teens willing to forfeit sleep for learning. It’s not part of the usual worship schedule but operates in its own unique time slot—a time often criticized for being too early. Yet, it’s a time that, by default, surprisingly works, drawing an average of […]
A Story is a Promise
When I was a kid in high school I received a full ride scholarship for basketball to BYU. I tell this story in my speech, but am taken to a new life journey when Mrs. Hall discovers my singing in the hall, takes me under her wing, CLARIFIES what I had yet to IDENTIFY […]
Leaving the Seat Up
My wife has been gone for a week. I miss her. The kids miss her. The dog Goldie misses Mommy so much I found her hitchhiking to find a new family. On the second day as we all came around to the reality of Mommy is actually gone, the cereal ran low (since that’s all […]
eBikes, AI & ChatGPT
Recently I was talking among friends about my Health Promise and daily routine of going to the gym by riding my bike back and forth before and after a challenging workout. I love this routine, as it is downhill, takes 15 minutes, and is the perfect pre-workout exercise as I joyfully fly to my gym, […]
The Love of Work
At my desk I am slaving away to finish the slides and order I will speak for an upcoming presentation. It is hard work, requiring my mind to churn at an extreme rate, anticipating how the audience may respond and the possible turns speeches can potentially take with a phrase or word, song or comedy […]
The Middle Seat
“No, thank you, I will take any seat but the middle seat,” I reply to the customer service agent. “Sir, you don’t understand, you’ll be sitting in a normal seat in the back if you don’t accept this upgrade to ComfortPlus, but we don’t have a window or aisle, only a middle seat,” the agent […]
Hale Centre Theatre Musical Tribute Show Announcement
I am thrilled to announce, starting July 25-August 3, 2024, I will be performing a special 2 week run of shows at the world famous Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy, Utah. HCT has never done a One-Man Show like this, and I have never had an opportunity as such, where brands align to bring […]