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MOP Family Dinner

    It’s with great pleasure that I share photos from our 2017 -2018 MOP Family Dinner. On Monday, June 10, 2018 our MOP parents, siblings, and boys gathered together to break bread and eat pasta at Leona’s. We celebrated with one another the highs of our year together. At the conclusion of our night four of our MOP boys received awards. … Read More »MOP Family Dinner

    How’s your Recovery?

      As a Detective that investigates homicides and violent crimes, I spend a substantial amount of my time in emergency rooms. To be honest I focus a lot of my attention on my victims of homicides, but never really took the time to think about all my victims who have been shot or stabbed who actually survived their injuries. Almost as… Read More »How’s your Recovery?

      Nothing but Time

        In the world of medicine, an hour is everything. They call it the golden hour. The time when a patient lives or dies. I generally have a very hectic schedule. Because I have a great deal of responsibility, I usually spend most of my day running from one thing to the next, without very much time in between. So by the… Read More »Nothing but Time

        Concentration

          We had a memory game when we were kids. A bunch of cards face down in rows. Each card has a picture on it. The object of the game is to turn one card over and look at it, then you turn it back over. Then you have to try and remember where its matching card was. Sometimes you have… Read More »Concentration

          New Beginnings

            People are really romantic about the beginning of things. A fresh start. A clean slate. The world of possibilities. But regardless of what new adventure you’re embarking on, you still bring you into every new beginning you have in life. So exactly how different can it possibly be? It’s all any of us want. A fresh start and a clean… Read More »New Beginnings

            Our Day with Quinn

              Today’s session of Men of Purpose, Journey to Self-Discovery was great. We had a guest come and talk to our young men of MOP grades 3–6. Today’s special guest was Quinn. He talked about his time as a wrestler, an MMA fighter, a jujitsu competitor. He spoke on perseverance, overcoming life’s challenges, and ETG (embracing the grind) but what made… Read More »Our Day with Quinn

              MEN OF PURPOSE: Burundi Chapter

                Expanding MEN OF PURPOSE to the continent of Africa in the country of Bujumbura, Burundi is evidence of the power of saying YES. Yes, I’ll translate our MEN OF PURPOSE curriculum to establish a chapter in another country. Yes, I’ll create a nonprofit org that walks young men from adolescence to adulthood using a whole-man mentorship model. Yes, I’ll volunteer… Read More »MEN OF PURPOSE: Burundi Chapter