It’s the day after my youngest daughter’s wedding, a grand yet simple affair that included three wedding dresses, a parade from the...

All right then.  It will be a day to put on the touring skis, which means attaching friction creating skins to the base of the skis and...

It’s nothing new. And further, it’s nothing new to note that it’s all being done in God’s name by both sides. Giving a soldier a Bible...

While you drink your tea (TEA!!!  ugh), you scan your schedule and realize you have three difficult meetings today and then a...

The stress is about some frustrations regarding Christians fighting each other.  It’s about questions regarding the future because even...

From “The Jesus Storybook Bible” by Sally Lloyd-Jones. Yesterday, in the church I lead, I spoke on the importance of reading the Bible on...

5200 vertical = a mile of blessing and transformation January 18th was my 60th birthday and it was more than just a great day.  It was an...

I don’t know if it’s the 60 thing, or some other winds of change blowing through the soul these days, but this birthday unfolded...

“snow on snow” (12 feet, or 4 meters for my Europe friends) as the Christmas carol says, the house was dark because the power had gone...

Mourning at a stadium in San Bernadino Behind the holiday lights, both here in Europe and back home in the USA, the waves of unhappy news...

If finding our destiny is one of the best things we can do, then reading, “The Art of Work” by Jeff Goins is one of the best books we can...

You, sent out beyond your recall, go to the limits of your longing. Embody me. Flare up like a flame and make big shadows I can move...

meet Luci After morning coffee,  I start the car and turn the defrost on, high and hot.  It’s 23 degrees and a sheet of ice covers the...

“And in His name all oppression shall cease…” These were the lyrics coming from the speakers yesterday afternoon when I discovered...

Muir loved not just being outside, but being outside in weather; storms, wind, snow.  He felt that the mountains spoke powerfully during...

By now, unless the shooting is personal, we Americans know the drill quite well.  Our president will stand up and talk about the need for...

It began with this remarkable story from Nigeria about learning to love Boko Haram.  “What enemies, precisely, are we to love Jesus?  I...

SF Giant fans together! The call came at 6:30 in the morning from my wife.  “Uncle Earnest died last night” she said, and we launched...

Today’s our anniversary, so here are some thoughts on why we’re still deeply in love, deeply engaged in our world, and looking forward...

“when the raft in the ocean is safer than our home, we’ll go” With the train station closed in Budapest, over 70 dead in a truck on the...