Charlie came downstairs yesterday morning, sat on my lap for our customary five minutes of cuddling and conversation, and then went into the backroom to turn on the TV. “Dad,…

Four years ago, I did a TEDx Talk in Natick, Massachusetts entitled “Live Life Like You Are 100 Years Old.” You can watch it here: The premise of the talk…

Last night we celebrated Clara’s last meal as a ten year-old girl. She turns eleven today. During dinner, Clara asked about the day she was born, so Elysha and I…

After the Saturday snowstorm, Clara, Charlie, and I went outside to build snowmen, and I must say, if you have the chance to build a snowman at some point in…

On episode #82 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk storytelling! In our follow up segment, we share about upcoming events in the Speak Up realm…

Last Saturday, Elysha and I produced our first show at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT. It featured a fantastic night of stories and a raucous, sold-out audience. We had…

A week ago, a friend was dealing with an impossible situation involving a truly rotten person and asked me for some advice in terms of how to respond to her…

Last week, the Washington Post reported on a Christian school in Kentucky that expelled fifteen year-old Kayla Kenney after she posed with rainbow birthday cake for her birthday. Apparently, this…

This is a real thing that has happened to me many times. I’m drinking from a bottle of Diet Coke. Standing beside me is someone drinking a coffee. A third…

As you may know, New Yorkers have an interesting way of stating that they are standing in a singular column of fellow human beings. Rather than saying that they are…