You thought you had all of the answers. You married her and things changed…so you think. What happened. I know from my perspective, I got lazy. I had made the catch. I won the prize. I know my wife needs to be pursued by me. She wants me to love her – and I…
My wife and I had our first son back in August and to say that our whole world has changed would be an understatement. Stephanie and I were raised to work hard. She is an accountant and I am an attorney. Both of us work long hours and didn’t think about it a whole…
Last night was an awesome night. I tried out some of my own advice from a little earlier…I took care of getting a baby sitter, I asked my wife to go out on a date, made a plan, picked up some flowers and took her out for a “night on the town.” Actually our…
Sometimes, I feel like God’s church is losing focus on what we are called to do. We are called by Jesus to “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded…
We have been talking about how to get past dealing with a lack of experience. Previously, I talked about making up for that experience by getting a good mentor who can lead you through the struggles, and also discussed how you should be sure to correct people’s misconception that a lack of experience means a…
Where’s the Real Attorney? You fill in the blank with your chosen profession/calling. I’ve heard this a number of times from other lawyers and people from outside of the practice of law like ministers, dentists, etc. One of the main concerns people (potential customers) seem to have is with a young person’s lack of…
One of the first obstacles I had to overcome when I began working as the only attorney at my firm was to try and talk people into retaining me to handle their case for them. I was just out of law school and had just passed the bar. I was 26 years old and…
Recently, I have found myself reflecting on the last year and a half or so. Things have been extremely busy. I wanted to give a little introduction on some of this stuff because it will impact a lot of what I write about on this blog. As you know, I am an attorney…
Well, hello! Welcome to my blog! I wanted to introduce myself and invite you to participate in the blog as much as possible. My name is Tripp Atkins and I am a husband, a daddy, a Christian, lawyer, and some other stuff – I’m sure! In my day-to-day life and daily Bible studies, I…