Have you ever had someone give you directions that left you more confused than when you first asked? I am a landmark guy. I need directions like, “Turn left at the McDonald’s, go until you see the Dollar General, then take a right.” That works for me. But don’t tell me, “Go to the old Johnson place and take a left…” I don’t know where the old Johnson place is. At the same time, don’t give me road names or route numbers. I was listening to someone in our church recently explai

“We had hoped...” This phrase is common in our world and culture. It often describes disappointment in a person, plan, or situation . But when you slow it down, it exposes something deeper: not just disappointment, but misalignment. This is a great season for many people. The weather is warming up and spring is here. We’re coming off the most watched stretch of college basketball all year, March Madness . People come from everywhere to predict who the next national champion w

Happy New Year (2026)! When I was growing up, I had a shirt that I wore all the time. It was a USA Basketball t-shirt that simply said, “Respect the past. Represent the future.” As a kid who grew up in the 1990s, I vividly remember watching many of the players who made up the original Dream Team, the first group of professional basketball players to represent the United States in Olympic competition. Those players were legends. They changed the game and left an undeniable m