The NY Times had a great little read recently called, “Ditch Your Laptop – Dump your Boyfriend” filled with good, practical advice on how...

And there are lots of other ideas as well, tens of thousands of “medium ideas” that have been shaping forces in still significant ways: ...

FOCUS ON THE END:  Slacklining is the art of walking a short distance on a thin line stretched between two trees.  Learning how to 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,...

Daniel and Esther are two personalities in Israel’s history who understood that they will gladly serve the king, and work for the good of...

I was able to hear the same perspective from an honest insider today who said, “I’ve been living my Christian life for two decades now,...

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. ...

CEZ, OVC, ‘letter of invitation’, MOU, developing world, US Embassy, PEPFAR, cultural assimilation. These are words I never expected to...

“Why are you so far away?” writes one. “Because the world is wide and cold,” writes the other.  “Alas.” “That is sad…” “Indeed.” As...

“stoppage time.” I’ve been waiting, since moving back to the Pacific Northwest in 1984, for Vancouver’s Canucks to win their first-ever...

what skills are needed to get to the future? Graduation is in the air, and David Brooks’ excellent article about the wrong-headed...

The Supreme Court ruling this week in California will require the release or transfer of 33,000 prison convicts in order to reduce...

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

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....

What’s gained by abstaining from a certain food, or from Facebook, or  TV, or reading blogs (please no!) for a season? It’s a good...

As Dennis Haack writes, “Right up to the medieval age, the church believed that fantasy creatures, sorcerers, ghouls, goblins, and ghosts...

It’s tough to post just now, here in Rwanda, for two simple reasons:  bandwidth. 1. There’s not enough time, because we’ve been on the...

This, though, has provided our team with some much needed time of creative planning, time that was unavailable prior to our departure. ...

I spent an afternoon with my Austrian friend Hans Peter, ski touring up to a hut where This past Sunday, back in Seattle, the church I...

I preached this morning, and then we shared lunch with the students, and then she had to go home.  Poof!  She’s gone and I’m here on my...