born to run | Matthew Dicks

Springsteen on parents (and perhaps a path to my salvation)

By Matthew Dicks | January 15, 2017 |

“We honor our parents by carrying their best forward and laying the rest down. By fighting and taming the demons that laid them low and now reside in us. It’s all we can do, if we’re lucky. ” — Bruce Springsteen I have walked for a long time in the shadow of parents whose decisions…

Bruce Springsteen understands the cliff. Do you?

By Matthew Dicks | December 25, 2016 |

I’m listening to Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography Born to Run. It’s incredible. The man speaks truth with eloquence again and again. How can someone be this talented? One of the aspects of this book that speaks to me most is the way in which he understands the cliff. If you’ve never stood on the edge of the…