Ugh. Friends - please pray. What a drastic turn for this heart kiddo. The report yesterday was so good. Things can flip so quickly.

Update on Poppy:

The road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone, And I must follow, if I can.

Let us not be overthrown at the final test, who of old renounced the Shadow and the Ring. In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory, Farewell! || Aragorn's farewell to Arwen

Great Poppy update! So happy for ya'll! ❤️

"But where shall I find courage?" asked Frodo. "That is what I chiefly need." "Courage is found in unlikely places," said Gildor. "Be of good hope!"

It's hard to believe it has been a month - 4 weeks today - since my son died. He lived for nearly eight months in the hospital. It felt like a lifetime. Yet, in the blink of an eye, we've already lived 1/8 of that time without him. I've been meditating lately on my son's

Yesterday, on the one-month anniversary of Gus' death, my wife & I were honored to spend the day attending the funeral of another fallen heart warrior: Walker Womack, who passed shortly after Gus & just a few weeks shy of his 2nd birthday. Please keep the Womack family in prayer.

It is fascinating to listen to politicians unite calls for healing & unity with overtly divisive accusations. Red meat rhetoric that inflames the base & dismissed the 'other' cannot really unite - politicians know that. Both sides do this. Irreconcilable worldviews in tension.

Another observation from the DNC: when conservatives use explicitly religious language or draw on religious belief to inform their policies or rile their base, pejoratives like 'Christian Nationalism' are quickly hurled by the media and Democratic politicians. There is a renewed

Friends, please pray for Poppy and her family - she had just returned home from her previous episode and now she has tested positive for COVID. Poor oxygen saturation and high heart rates.

Man, I miss my son. I took a picture of him nearly every day of his 229-day life (between us, Mom and I got one every day). I miss taking pictures of him.

Please pray for baby Thorfinn:

“The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” -Lamentations 3:22-23

Continuing to pray for Poppy and her parents. She is making progress from a recent illness and setback, but hasn't gone back home yet.

I am so tired of seeing reports about children (usually infants) dying unattended in hot cars. Unbelievable. Friends, I doubt you would do such a thing, but join me in being more conscientious whenever you walk or drive through a parking lot - spare a glance! Be on the look out!