Dear Friends and Partners of The Front Porch, I’ve been watching the documentary, “World War 2: The Price of Empire.” As a student of this war, with a Dad who participated in it, WW2 has always been a terrible, but romanticized part of the fabric of my life. But through this 2015 documentary, I now find myself waking up to the horrifying fact that an estimated 70-85 million people perished …read more

Dear Front Porch Family, As many of you know, my dear colleague and friend on The Front Porch, Riley Jackson Webb, died in mid-May. The past two weeks without him have been surreal and grievous, though it has been beautiful to see how Riley touched so many of us during his time with us on The Front Porch from 2014-2018. His Resurrection Party on June 1st was filled with Spirit, Beauty, …read more

Riley Jackson Webb passed away suddenly on May 16, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio, after suffering from complications of undiagnosed congenital heart disease. Riley was 28 years old. He was born on October 4, 1990, in Jackson, Wyoming, but his family moved to Texas before his first birthday. Riley spent most of his youth in Fredericksburg, Texas. Riley grew up the only child of Kevan and Donna Webb, and he was formed …read more