by Kevin Orris | Jul 22, 2019 | Personal
It’s 9:28 p.m. and I’m alone in my office. It’s just me, my laptop, and a small oscillating fan. A copy of Eugene Peterson’s The Contemplative Pastor rests on the planked desk beside me. I have never been a pastor, but I do desire to be more pastoral. This...
by Kevin Orris | Jun 26, 2019 | Personal
Thanks to a one-armed, bearded geologist who died 117 years ago, my wife, Sam, and I are moving 1,700 miles across the country next week. Allow me to explain. I long despised the desert. A pudgy Midwestern son, I swell and sweat in 80-degree heat, much less 120. What...
by Kevin Orris | Dec 31, 2018 | Blog, Personal
2018 has been the best year of my life. 2018 has also been one of the busiest years of my life. Between leaving my career in sports to start my own business, getting engaged to the love of my life, traveling to, like, half of the 50 states, and writing this silly...