Arthur Ashe Courage Award winner Dewey Bozella: The Freedom of Forgiveness
Did you catch the ESPY awards? I sat down for a few minutes with my DVR over the weekend to watch and was captured by the story of the man who received the Arthur Ashe Award. Dewey Bozella was wrongfully convicted of a murder in 1983. Amazingly, he walked away from a chance at freedom […]
The Grudge
In the fourth grade, I attended elementary school in Olathe, Kansas. In the middle of a game of “freeze-tag”, four classmates surrounded me. The group parted and the leader of the pack (we’ll call him…Barry) walked casually toward me. I failed to anticipate the menacing nature of what was about to happen, something that can […]
A Powerful Story about Gov. George Wallace, Tornados, & Finding Peace in Forgiveness
Every once in a while, as I sift through the propaganda, politics, and general hopelessness that seems to dominate the headlines of the news, I come across a beautiful story. As a former publicist, I understand why bad reports govern the banners of our national news. Trepidation and worry capture an audience. I came across […]