“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might…” The Preacher “Fan into flame the gift that was given you…” Paul the Apostle...

For the most part conventional life pursuits are about ascent. Gain an education. Gain a good job. Gain net worth. Gain power and...

Addiction. Idolatry. Your “besetting sin.” These three are synonymous, expressed through the lens of psychology, prophetic exposure,...

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of returning to Europe for teaching, first at a ski conference in Austria, and then at Bible School...

…the way out of sin is to see through the falsehood, to be really convinced that someone else is sustaining you, that you don't have to...

These past weeks have been a rich gift of space between my previous role as Senior Pastor of a large urban church and my upcoming new...

I’ve been enjoying the gift of a sabbatical between my previous role as Senior Pastor of Bethany Community Church, and my upcoming role...

The ”Why” of cultivating these six values: The goal of life isn’t to experience comfort and pleasure, know bombproof financial security,...

I pop my touring skis on and begin a slow uphill climb over rain saturated snow on this perfectly typical northwest day. I’m grateful...

I'm not posting regularly right now, as I'm on sabbatical, which this past week has consisted of living without electricity, and being...

My vocational season didn’t shift quietly, that’s for certain. There were large, and beautifully appropriate, public declarations about...

I’d just finished a meeting Saturday morning around a campfire in our backyard when they arrived. Our neighbor brought over the steps...

What follows isn’t from my new book, but it articulates the theme: We‘ll be at our best and get on with serving our world as people of...

Do you remember being afraid of the dark? There’s something about not knowing ”what’s out there” that leads to speculation, which leads...

Two weeks ago, after enjoying a remarkable outing at Oracle Park in San Francisco, (home of the beloved Giants, whose logo alone evokes...

Surely God is in this place and I didn't know it - Jacob the patriarch Do not neglect to show hospitality.... Hebrews 13 I walk into the...

OK, there was a sixteen year break in the middle, I’ll grant you that. But I began attending Bethany Community Church in 1976, left...

“…keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.“ Paul the apostle “…dispense true justice and practice...

No doubt you know many people who have dropped out of some realm of life... their calling, their relationship with God, their involvement...

We're learning to draw on the resources of Christ's life rather than our own resources - to eat from the fat of the land, rather than the...