Gut Check. How are you doing? How are your pillars and how would you rate them, being 100% honest with yourself? Where are you advancing well and where do you need help?

My fantasy football league finished for the season this week. After running most of the season at or near the top, my team ran out of gas the last stretch and became a bottom feeder. You can learn a lot from sports as a competitor or fan. Let me tell you about a lesson I witnessed from being a football fan…

But it’s time to get back at, to rebuild discipline. Not as it was, but to refine forward knowing what life is like with our family of five.

“We can not solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” – Albert Einstein.Feel like you’re living out the definition of insanity of repeating the same mistakes over again and expecting different results? Change it up. Square up the problem and take charge by applying yourself differently to it.1. Change your … Continue reading Living the Definition of Insanity?

Why can life be difficult? Does this sound familiar… “But I prayed about it and nothing happened.”“I tried so hard.”“God isn’t listening.”“It’s not fair!”“I’m not privileged.”“I’m not good enough.”“I’m not _____ enough.” The conversation and effort can end there, sure. You can give up and despair. But then you missed something… You missed the growth … Continue reading “Why Can Life Be So Difficult?”

There is a difference between the “I’ve been up all night,” to the “My soul has seized up”. That’s burnout. It’s claimed many from their mission and team. Recognizing it early is important so it doesn’t get out of control.

As I’m sure you can imagine, prison life is not easy. I’ve been hard on people. Sometimes I would say, “the ends would justify the means and the means justifies the end,” just to get through. It’s difficult to be in a toxic work environment that challenges your faith. I would go to my priest and ask, “how can I do some of these things and be a good person?”

We’re not meant to do this alone. Like Iron Sharpens Iron. I want to be that warrior, the more you learn about your purpose the more you want to be a better warrior. That faith grounding is your identity.

It’s been three months since we completed Exodus 90, the length it took to go through it. My intention was to write more through the experience. However I hit a wall hard. I had to dig deep about half way through to stay on task and some things dropped. The Exodus disciplines, grinding through work, … Continue reading The Discipline Series: Exodus – The After Effects

We are 1/3 of the way through Exodus 90 and it has been a difficult journey through the desert for the guys. We’ve been shedding the distractions and toxins in our life and that doesn’t come without a cost.

When I first put the call out to interview people with something to say about the topic, he said, “If you’re looking to interview someone who’s considering Exodus 90, but who is also a huge chicken and scared of it… let me know!” I thought that was a curious place to start. So here is the first interview on my blog with Jeremy Dolph.

“Discipline: The root of all good qualities. The driver of daily execution. The core principle that over comes laziness and lethargy and excuses. Discipline defeats the infinite excuses that say: Not today, not now, I need a rest, I will do it tomorrow.” Jocko Willink

The following is re-posted from an article I wrote for St. Greg’s College Ministry through Oasis Magazine. The New Year brings us an opportunity to recharge and refresh but I feel like I’m spotty on my resolutions. Some years I crank them out, others, I consider them a waste of time. A few years ago … Continue reading New Year Resolution: Building spiritual discipline