I was driving to a friend’s house from Denver, Colorado to Northern Minnesota to meet up with another buddy of mine from Colorado. We were going bear hunting and wanted to stop by some friends before heading to Clearbrook, Minnesota. We both were hungry and Mark's wife Tracy invited us to stay for breakfast. I wasn't about to pass up pancakes and sausage. Mark was asking George and me about our trip to Minnesota as we ate. It was a long drive for me as I pulled two ATV's and hunting gear ...

Read More

The phone rang at 3:47 PM. On the other end was a woman sobbing. She told me she was going to kill herself. She wanted to die. She had lost everything she owned; she lost her husband to another woman, she was losing her house to the IRS, she was losing her health, and she had no job. As I listened to her cry for help, I couldn't but help feel some of this woman's pain. She was in trouble and felt she had nothing to live for. The sad thing, she was only 47 years old, and she was at the end of her...

Read More

"Do unto others as you'd have them do unto to you" I didn't get a lot of sleep last night, in fact I woke up several times during the night. I think we all have nights like that, staring at the digital clock across the room, forcing yourself to sleep. I flung the covers across the bed and looked at the clock. It read that it was 4:38 AM.  I got dressed knowing I was going down to the dreaded treadmill. I put both my dress shoes and walking shoes next to each other under the bed the night b...

Read More