Hello ,

For sixteen years, Lo Scalzo served as a photojournalist for U.S. News and World Report. He covered assignments in more than 60 countries, winning countless awards and accolades from his peers. He just couldn't stop moving. "I'm something of a travel addict," he admits in his memoir Evidence of My Existence, and photography was his way to satisfy that addiction. 

His addiction came with a price. His frequent and compulsive travels abroad left his wife a stranger to him. While he was in Baghdad covering the U.S. invasion of Iraq, she was heading to the hospital with her second miscarriage. Lo Scalzo hated himself for what he felt was desertion, so even when he was given the opportunity in 2004 to cover John Kerry's presidential campaign-quite an honor-he declined. He writes in his memoir:

"This time, for the first time, it was so easy to back out-not a guilty concession but what I truly wanted .... How silly this effort. This stress."*

There are many of us who struggle with being stressed out over things that should barely register on the "importance scale" of our lives.  If you're anything like me, you've been challenged by this.

We need God to help us re-prioritize our lives each and every day.  He can help us to re-shuffle our daily schedules to include the important stuff...and it begins with Him.

Have a great day and God bless!

Pastor Mike / The Open Word

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