Note to reader: Now that “stay home” has elevated to the status of law in the state I live, my earlier thoughts about viewing this as an...

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. - Blaise Pascal The picture you see here was taken...

A survey of the Bible finds that whenever there’s a wholesale disruption to ‘normal life’, God can use it to call us back, not to the way...

We have a religious world and a real world...and I sometimes think we care more about our religious world than our real world

Three days ago, my world became a bit smaller. This year for the season of Lent I felt compelled to “give up” excess phone applications...

people in the Bible who met disorder with enough humility and curiosity to ask God what they should learn come out healthier on the far side

I settled in for the 10 hour flight from San Francisco to Zurich and when the screen at my seat offered the movie “Harriet”, I jumped in...

I recently posted a quote on Facebook from a favorite book of mine. It read: What is saving my life now is the conviction that there is...

The first book that’s both inspiring and challenging me is “The Wisdom of the Native Americans” Kent Nerburn has compiled a variety of...

You know the sayings?  “Old gardeners never die; they just recede” or “Old realtors never die; they just become listless.” They’re ways...

A little research reveals why the colors change:  because of changes in the length of daylight and changes in temperature, the leaves...

We’ve always tried to spend less than we make. Eat by candlelight as often as possible (even when you don’t want to.  Sometimes just...

Today I finished a full loop from my tiny house, a full 3.5 miles, with only a little bit of walking and I can safely say that I’m nearly...

After quieting my mind and being reminded of the presence of Christ, above, beneath, around, and within me, my move outdoors hits me like...

If you're any kind of endurance athlete, you've likely heard of Heart Rate Variability, the notion that when you're least stressed, the...

Meanwhile, there’s a verse in the Bible that says, “above all else guard your heart”, for from it flow the wellsprings of life.”  I’ve...

Years ago I found myself in a debate over an organization’s mission statement.  At the time it read, “meeting people at their point of...

The Map is not the Journey: Faith Renewed while Hiking the Alps. "Replace weariness with refreshment, obligations with passion, and...

When Paul the apostle invited his friends in the ancient Greek town of Thessalonica to wholeness, his desire was that they'd achieve it...

I’m tired, on the one hand, of a passivity that declares that since Christ is in me, I’m already complete, and so am finished growing. ...