“Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance.  Moses...

1. Make knowing God the number one priority in your life. This was the word spoken to me from Jeremiah 9 when I was 20 years old and I...

The touchdown pass in overtime yesterday shook the city.  Literally.  The stadium was equipped with earthquake censors for some tests,...

Failure isn’t really the main problem in this world.  There are remedies for failures, and often clear steps to take so that in the wake...

It’s our last hike, the end of our forty days trekking through the Alps together.  I’ll begin teaching next week and thinking about...

We’re waiting for the cable car that will haul us up to the Douglass Hut, the base from which we’ll be hiking over a couple of passes to...

Today I’ll get on a bus with my wife and travel from Freiberg, Germany to Munich and then a train from there to Schladming, Austria, on...

(I’m happy to introduce the guest author for this post as my hiking partner, best friend, and one week from today, wife of 35 years!...

Our view of guidance is important, because unless we believe God can still direct our lives, orchestrating encounters, moving us to...

Fiercely Interdependent – My sunglasses had disappeared the night before, and this, along with some other things, meant that we were...

“I was a stranger…” It’s Saturday when we leave Schladming, Austria, a town with which I’m familiar through twenty years of visits for...

All this has been unfolding at the same time I’ve been preparing to embark on a sabbatical journey, which will begin with 40 days of...

The training of the body of is vital for people like us, who have spent most of our waking hours during adulthood sitting in chairs.  ...

Today’s “door picture” will remind us of my wife’s 13 years of faithful service at Seattle Pacific University. Where, in the wake of...

My oldest daughter is a Seattle Pacific Alum and writes from Germany this morning as she ponders the tragic shootings here in Seattle and...

I process by writing… and I’m here in Fresno because my mom’s resting, and ready to go home and be with Jesus.  Here’s what I’m thinking...

a book about the importance of opening oneself to direct encounter with creation, in preparation for a  40 day hike in the Alps this...

If success is a mountain, I’m an accidental climber. Has it ever happened to you?  You’ve been working hard for goals you believe in for...