The Weight of Traditions
I’d been putting up live Christmas trees with all of the trimmings since I was in my late teens. I never once had one fall. Now, in our first blended [...]
Jan
21, 2024
Jan
16, 2024
Changing Minds on Social Media
What I didn’t know that day was that exactly 19 days later Cathy was going to die at age 37. My wife, my children’s mom, my whole life, was going [...]
Dec
18, 2023
Podcast with Danny Cox
This long form interview between Danny Cox and Michael Spehn took place in late December, 2023. It offers listeners the chance to hear from two great friends and followers of [...]
Jul
13, 2021
16 Words for Dads
My father would say, “If you have to use more than 16 words, you’re wasting my time…” So I decided to use that as a guide for fatherly advice. Father [...]
Sep
5, 2020
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
God knows it’s no small task raising another man’s child. Or another woman’s. Getting these five up and out to college feels like something of an accomplishment, and I pray [...]
Jun
21, 2020
Wet Markets of Ignorance
We’ve spent the past three months in quarantine against Covid-19, social distancing ourselves from the threat of disease that came to our shores from a dark and primitive place, when [...]
Apr
19, 2020
Today Was a Good Day
That has been our family motto since the day Sam was diagnosed. “Today was a good day.” None of us know what tomorrow will bring, and while we can try [...]