Leadership. Such a loaded word in the fire service and everyone is talking about it, including me. When you bring up fire service leadership, it brings up a myriad of issues surrounding the craft. If I’m honest, I’ve even questioned whether I truly understand it. I have my opinions. However, those opinions are grounded in […]

Religion is freaking hard and it will never take you anywhere. Well that’s not true, it will get you somewhere, but not where you want to go. Religion sucks. It’s marketed as a system that’s designed to set you free, but that’s not the truth. Religion is actually designed to control and unfortunately a good […]

The past year has been pretty interesting to say the least. I really don’t even know where to start. Long story short, last year I was experiencing a deep sadness that involved the loss of my wife a few years ago. I don’t know how to describe it all. One thing I do know is […]

What does it mean to be a slave to something? To be owned and to be under someone’s control. Not how most of us want to live, but it’s how a lot of us do. It’s how I lived for the past couple of years. I became a slave to grief, depression, and sadness inside […]

I tried to stay off social media, I really did. However, curiosity got the best of me this past week. While watching current events unfold I was curious what others were saying. After reading a good amount of social media content I decided I couldn’t stay completely silent. I was saddened and surprised by some […]