Dear Green Lake Before my five year departure from Washington, I walked the frozen shores with the woman who is now my wife and after tha...

We know the Bible, the words on scroll, know it like the back of our hands.  But the Bible doesn’t bring peace.  Neither does institution...

As a result, I’ve had time to think, and the convergence zone of some teaching I’m doing for staff at the church I lead, and my reading h...

The Achilles story is appropriate  because this tendon seems the bane of countless athletes.   Anatomy for Runners tells the story of a h...

Our children are growing, as we do too, slowly; imperceptibly every day. The meat in the crock pot is tenderizing; slowly. Our world, ver...

previous post about “the end of sex as we know it” because it addresses an important trend in our culture.  But a convergence of conversa...

Embodiment is the answer.  I’m old enough to know that if I don’t get up and do something with my body before the day gets on, I won’t do...

Meanwhile, our pop culture offers one of it’s stars at a music awards show and we’re struck with the realization that nobility, inspirati...

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.  – Michael Porter There’s a forest in m Too many trees.  Too many buds on the vine.  ...

Vegetarian Myth (a favorite book of mine) takes pretty much the opposite approach. Back in the day, low fat was all the rage. Now it’s n...

While on the surface, they appear to be two wildly different worlds, they came together this morning in my quiet moments in the backyard....

Modernity isn’t just philosophical–it’s chemical.  It’s mechanical.  And though the industrial revolution brought us lots of great stuff,...

our economy: climbing without a rope If you’re reading these words, you’re likely among the top 10% of wealthiest people in the world.  Y...

To live faithfully is to live 'fully present in this world' Last night I was privileged to participate in a panel discussion about the li...

does decaf affect the quality of coffee with God? In the church I lead, I’ve been teaching from II Corinthians 3 and 4 these past weeks, ...

there's a new way to live...better, freer It’s available for all of us.  It’s not contingent (thank God) on circumstances.  It’s able to ...

“This is my life” you say, punctuating the observation sometimes with a question mark, and other times with an exclamation point and an e...

I’ve felt this way too much in 2010, and so I’m heading back to “first things”, foundational truths that are considered foundational prec...

II Corinthians, but it’s a phrase ripe with meaning.  It’s a phrase which, along with a passage from Jeremiah, God has used over and over...