Yes, the week on the island is over.  The week of being thrown together with what appeared to the naked eye to be an utterly random...

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

Those days are gone for now, and what I love about springtime is that I don’t need to move two feet in order to find immense beauty.  I...

In my readings for the upcoming symposium of faith and science that I’m attending, I’ve discovered that the deeper one goes down the...

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....

sometimes the water just sits there “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the...

Always.  This week I’ve been pondering how truth changes our lives, wondering if words are enough.  I use words all the time to share...

We could ponder beauty together, asking why these colors inspire, or sooth.  We could talk about God’s faithfulness and the beauty of...

I come home from days of meetings in the summer, and often want to go do a little local climbing, or walk around the lake by my house....

7:00 AM.  We leave the Denny’s parking lot just as the sky behind the Cascades to the east is brightening, as we drive together up a road...

silence and stars - God's elixir If there’s a time for everything, then there’s a time for grenades of darkness to pummel our souls,...

I grew up in Central California, closer to mountains than water.  When I attended college on the coast, those pesky architecture labs and...

1. The rhythm of the seasons. The days are palpably shorter.  Pre-season football has started, and the blueberries are ripe on the lower...

can you spot a trend? Did you know that in 1940, our food system produced 2.3 calories of food energy for every calorie of fossil fuel it...

like kids in a candy shop Tuesday, 3:30 PM, Forest Falls, California, by the side of the swimming pool. I’m spending an hour lazing in...

mountains her medium - God her teacher It’s been quite a week.  Having driven my oldest to the airport last week for her move to Europe...

I have “young earth” friends.  I also have friends who believe the earth is billions of years old, and love Christ deeply.    The debate...

Deep water wells are being drilled because we need the oil – all of us.  We need oil because we want the cheap food, fortified with...

As a result, though, I’ve become way less tolerant of normal radio, which forces me to endure tastes other than my own, if only for a...

smores were eaten step by step and we've come this far I’m taking a break from the news, for at least this one moment in time.  Instead...