The Key

As we debate approaches to solving the complex challenges of homelessness in American cities, what is often missing from the conversation is empathy. As the middle class continues to shrink, many of us are a single financial disaster from housing instability. This calamity can come as job loss, foreclosure, repossession…

The Films Mr. Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Sherlock Holmes, Without a Clue, The Great Mouse Detective, Young Sherlock Holmes, Murder by Decree, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes I spend a lot of time thinking about…

I really should not be allowed to watch documentary films. I can think of countless films that forced me to climb a new soapbox and preach. From human trafficking to protecting dolphins in Japan, these films have a way of exciting a dormant passion living within me. This passion has…

No one is immune to fear. Fear is an innate part of the human condition; an evolutionary gift meant to ensure our survival. Even the strongest person you know possesses a fear that shakes them to their core. For some, this fear manifests itself when peering over a ledge. For…

Two unique lives sharing a space in time. Countless milestones and victories celebrated together. My first steps on this planet. You begin a brand-new job and an opportunity to provide for your family. My first words were spoken with hurried excitement. You welcome two more sons into our home. My…

A year ago, I published an essay called “214 lb. Nathan.” With a tap of the enter key, I publicly confessed some challenges I had been wrestling with concerning my weight, body image, and plans for correcting the course of the ship. Your response to that essay was overwhelmingly positive…

At 38-years-old, I find myself standing in a moment of time. Knocking on the door of a mid-life crisis, I am wrestling with my mortality. In a rush of emotion, this life feels so fleeting and finite. As a child, I felt as if I might live forever. …

I wholeheartedly reject the tyranny of the expected. I have typed these words before. I have said them to friends and colleagues. They have hung in the air and existed on the web for anyone to find. They are a mission statement for my life. These words define so much…