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How to embrace accountability after making mistakes. Sometimes the moments when we disappoint those we cherish the most can teach us the significance and value of keeping our word. The death of my beloved grandmother, a mistake I made…

John shares an intimate story that illustrates the beauty of empathy. “Sympathy is easy because it comes from a position of power. Empathy is getting down on your knees and looking someone else in the eye, and realizing that…

A night of inspiration that will leave you On Fire For Good. “All the beauty that’s been lost before wants to find us again.” -U2 As a high school freshman, I’d never been to a concert and never understood…

Remembering the words of Jack Buck on the anniversary of 9/11. The first major sporting event after the September 11th attacks occurred in St. Louis. With debris fields still fresh in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, a nation both…

Great things happen when you approach others with an open embrace. At age 10, a painful experience revealed how broken, disabled, and imperfect I was. A conversation with my mother afterward, though, challenged me to never believe lies that…

How small gestures can have a big impact. “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” -John Bunya Several years ago, we were out to eat as a family. My…

Goodbye one-word answers; hello living inspired! “Fine.” This is probably the most common response kids give when asked how their day at school was- and that’s even on the first day! So how, after a summer of buses and…

My friend’s LUVing example of showing up for others. “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” -Thomas Aquinas Eight years ago, I had the privilege of sharing the stage with Brené Brown and…

Our magnificent power to influence change for good. “Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far reaching effects that change the world” -Dalai Lama A small drip…

Your invitation awaits! “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” -Desmond Tutu Six years ago, as the book On Fire was moving from a document…