Voices

Things are starting to get pretty real as a runner. I am jogging in five minute increments and this Saturday I will be running (attempting to run) for one, long 20 minute stretch. To be perfectly honest, anything I do over 10 minutes would be a major...

I took a “Tuesdays With Tom” off last week. Not because I didn’t run, but because last Tuesday evening, the temperature was around 90 degrees with high humidity. I had let my dog out a few times that day, and came back sweating. Afraid it could...

Over 100 staff members in the La Porte Community School Corporation will be taking part in a professional development course created by Dr. Brené Brown in hopes of creating more courageous and vulnerable schools. Brown, a professor and social worker...

While most people live--rightfully so--for Fridays, my heart longs for Sunday mornings cuddled up on my couch with pen and paper in hand. It has become a beloved and almost sacred ritual in my life. It’s my soulful Sunday. Oprah’s move from...

I have always had a special place in my heart for football. As odd as it may seem, without football I would not be who I am today. Every Saturday, my parents took me to see “Granny and Pa” in Southern Indiana. They lived humbly, without many...

I am three weeks into my running journey, and here are some inevitable truths I have discovered about running and life: There’s a good feeling you get when you are done running, almost euphoric and calming in nature. I am told by those smarter than...

As many of you know, some of you may not, I cut back my role at Ideas In Motion Media. Not because I stopped believing in the GOOD News mission, but for precisely the opposite reasons. I have written a few articles on this already but I will spare...

In my 32 years of life, I don’t think I have ever truly appreciated the power of people having your back as much as I have these past few weeks. Before my second visit to run club today I was filled with the similar trepidation I had last week, but...

Pressure creates precious things. We sweat, love, live, and laugh; stress, worry, and work, And we emerge Stronger, harder, smarter, And wiser.   They say obstacles are tests. Here, the graphite of our pencils Lay rounded, dull, and worn Down to...

It’s entirely cliche of me to write “If I can do it, anyone can do it.” After all, a lot of people say and write that and the truth of the matter is that’s not really the case in most instances. Tuesday, I joined Tom Little from Harbor Buick...