Christ followers are exiles.  Accept it.  We always have been, always will be.  When Paul said “maranatha” in I Corinthians 16:22 he was...

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

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...

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

Westboro Baptist church is planning a protest for President Obama’s visit to Joplin, Mo., to inflict a little hate and misery, in Jesus’...

Do justice – like my friends at International Justice Mission who are working to end human slavery, or my friend Walter who’s saving...

We encountered so much in the previous 8 days that it seems like a lifetime ago when last I was in Seattle.  Before we leave, I wanted to...

I hope you’ll pause now and celebrate with me, as you look at this brief video that offers thanks to Spilling Hope  (look, especially, at...

Looking for a better way of being together than “Christmas Vacation”?  read on: “Dwelling” is a great word. It can mean the space in...

Blogging has allowed me to meet people from all over the world, and I’m happy to introduce one of them to you in todays guest post....

shoeless shoes, pondering the fresh health I’m enjoying in my running because I’ve been liberated from the belief that the foot needs...

The hard place: The most popular article in the NY Times this morning questions the premise that we’ll be happy if we buy more stuff....

I’m reading some Russian classics this summer, and was recently reminded of this quote, one of my favorites.  Our friend Fyoder has put...