Monday Motivation

The hardest part isn’t surviving life’s difficult seasons; it’s learning to let go of good ones. It’s difficult when a chapter that once felt endless suddenly comes to an end. Sixteen years ago, Beth and I stood nervously outside…

Gratitude doesn’t begin when life gets easier; it starts when we notice what’s good. Over the past few weeks I have had the privilege of speaking in Dallas, Los Angeles, Boston, Little Rock, Las Vegas, Orlando, Laguna, Kansas City, Raleigh, Des Moines, Denver and…

The silence of space helps us recognize the miracle of our lives. Four astronauts recently returned from space. Part of the Artemis II mission, they went up as pilots, engineers, and explorers. They came back entirely changed; their perspective…

St. Louis University recognizes the quiet strength and faithful presence of my wife, Beth. Recently, 130,000 graduates of Saint Louis University received a magazine in the mail. Inside was a story about one of their own making a difference…

A reunion with the quiet hero whose vision helped spark a life on fire. Recently, Mom and I shared coffee with a man who helped shape our lives decades ago. He wasn’t a celebrity. He didn’t make headlines. He…

A Holy Week invitation to Live Inspired. What would you do if you knew today was your last? At nine years old, that wasn’t a hypothetical question for me. It was my reality. After being burned on 100% of…

On a whirlwind trip, Grace reminds me that abundant living begins when we say yes. In a world overflowing with pessimism, cynicism, and negativity, what might happen if we chose something different? What might change if we instead stepped…

Reminding us that ordinary people can change lives through extraordinary love. Ten years ago this week, ON FIRE was released. When the book first went out into the world, I wasn’t planning on it landing on bestseller lists, being translated into…