A couple of months ago I had to give a talk on leadership to a large group of teenagers throughout Brooklyn and Queens. I thought about it for months and I came across a talk by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called "The Drum Major Instinct" and it was incredible. It was a prophetic message that still effects everyone one of us today. This talk had such a profound effect on me that I have begun to take a serious study on Dr. King and his life. The intent of Christianity Across m

"Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anaesthetizing security of being identified with the majority." -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "W.W.J.P.D?" "What Would Jack Pearson Do?" I think I might start asking myself this question now. Obviously, we still don't know how Jack died but I hope it is something heroic... I really do. Sorry let me backtrack. This Is Us is one of the best shows on TV. It is right up there

I have been changed by Love Itself. I have been on an incredible journey in my life so far, from finding my faith in serving soup to the homeless, to being in both a seminary and a monastery, to now being happily married and a father. Throughout all this time I have seen so many different ways that God has called me to know Him, to know Love Itself. So it makes sense for me to release my website on Valentine's Day. Our world is fractured. The message of Love and the possibili

Capture your ideas! "Failure many times is attributed to a lack of information on how to succeed." -Jim Rohn Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I wanted to share an idea that I heard today. This idea began to connect with different concepts that were already in my mind. Jim Rohn was talking about journaling, and he mentioned that one function of a journal is to capture great ideas. He talked about how powerful ideas can come and go and that they tend to come with frie