Were you ever just hit with a really simple truth? “You’re here for a reason” That sounds so cliché I almost can’t stand it. But for some...

Today my cousin Vicky called me at 7am. She knew I’d be awake and I was. She told me that Lefty had passed away. Well she said that “pap”...

Does that resonate with you? It didn’t matter how much had come against you in previous pursuits, you just kept getting up and doing what...

So much can happen in just a year. It was within this last year that, first I went bankrupt and then I got hired in the highest paying...

The last thing I’m feeling right now is hopeful. What I’m mostly feeling right now is what most of us are probably feeling right now…...

I’m going to be a dad. And I’m going to be a dad to a boy. Erin and I found out that we were going to have a baby back in December. When...

Don’t answer that! It’s a stupidly easy question to answer. I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources. I don’t have the talent....

A good friend at my recent book signing looked down at the five books I had on display at the signing table and asked, “How the hell do...

I moved back to Pittsburgh from Los Angeles in 2017. My heart was broken and so was my bank account. The only thing that I seemed to be...

I’ve taken some time away from writing recently. I’ve had a lot happening this summer from moving in with my girlfriend to starting a new...

I always notice that the posts that get the most likes on almost any social media platform are the ones where there’s a win involved....

It’s pretty hard to believe that I’m coming up on another book release. The craziest part is that it’s at Barnes & Noble. I always knew...

I host a podcast called, The Craven Effect, and on an episode called, “The Waiting Place”, I interviewed a great friend of mine. Pastor...

Sometimes we need that don’t we? I know I do. And that’s why I’m telling you right now that I believe with all of my heart that you can...

This is the 200th blog post I’ve written since 2015 when I started my first website. An average post is around 600 words–sometimes less,...

Have you ever sat back and wondered where the hell that breakthrough is? You know the one. After you faced the storms and had yourself...

I just had a good conversation tonight with a friend about how we tend to get caught up on only the highs and lows of life and ignore the...

Sometimes I wonder and almost fear what will happen if I run out of material. I mean, I’ve put a ton of work into building websites,...

Really, the only constant in life is change. Things that I thought I knew yesterday are not the same things that I know today. Especially...

I’ve written before and often thought about how doing something that I love to do and really live to do can help other people. It helps...