If home is where the heart is, where is home? By the sea, in the desert, or on a mountain high? In the city, in the country, or in a valley wide? On train rails, in the air, on the …
Less House. More Life.
In February of this year we felt like God might be nudging us to sell our house. That might not sound like a big deal, or depending on your personality, it might sound like a VERY big deal. In our …
5 Ways to Cope with Home Over the Holidays
Family. You love ‘em to death, and if you spend too much time with them, you might (quite literally) strangle them to death. Enter the holidays. Tensions are already running high due to impossibly immense expectations that this is finally …
What is Home?
Over two years ago, my family and I moved across country. After living a lifetime in one city, we found ourselves in a new city and all that comes with that: a new house, new schools, new workplaces, new relationships. …
Harvesting Home
My plan was simple enough. Over the course of nearly three weeks touring France, Italy and Spain, I would stop and spend the day at a pre-arranged wine producer photographing and documenting this year’s harvest time. Wine producer #4 was on my …
Hermitage
Upon the roots of the Oak I sat. Joined by the works of Whitman and Kant. Where I ate of the wild until my heart grew fat. And whispered, “Yes … this is where I will hang my hat.” Photo (Flickr …
Coming Home: Genesis, Revelation and Rebel Pilgrims
I’m a blessed guy. I have a great family and an adventurous life. A huge part of my daily life is being the Founder and President of a company called Rebel Pilgrim, the parent company of Rebel Storytellers. The phrase …
Welcome to Johnsonia
I have long thought that I would be a wonderful benevolent dictator of a small country, and the more dysfunction and stupid-choice-making I see around me, the more I think my wise leadership is needed. So as soon as I …
The End of Our Exploring
In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in a dark wood, where the true way was wholly lost. Dante begins his Divine Comedy with a sentiment for the ages, something with which we all can identify. …
Home Language
On a hot August evening in 2008, I got into my car and pulled out of our driveway. I ran into my dad, on his way back from a dinner, on my way out. He rolled down his window, so …