lake.  It’s about a half mile down to the park on the waterfront and when I arrive, the suns maybe 15 minutes from dipping below the Alps...

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...

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

It’s true.  It’s also true that the ‘everyone’ of whom Plato is speaking includes me, and you, and each of us.  This makes his admonition...

Vegetarian Myth (a favorite book of mine) takes pretty much the opposite approach. Back in the day, low fat was all the rage. Now it’s...

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

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

The book, as many of you already know, is called The Colors of Hope.  You can read a free chapter here.  You can join a Facebook...

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

In my readings for the upcoming symposium of faith and science that I’m attending, I’ve discovered that the deeper one goes down the...

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....

Conversations continued for a long time, ranging from the significance of God’s breath of life breathed into Adam in Genesis 2, to more...

He turned and faced me directly: “Have you been baptized with the Holy Spirit, and given evidence of that by speaking in tongues?”...

As promised Sunday, here’s my consideration of the question about God’s justice in the Old Testament.  It’s not a definitive answer…but...

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...

It’s easy to see why there’s a desire to return to a simpler time.  Back in the day, our nation paid its way.  Personal responsibility,...

found here.  It’s called the Eighth Letter and the link will explain why.  Here’s my offering to the project… To the North American...

Now, though, some Muslims want to build a mosque near “Ground Zero”.  Suddenly, the very same kind of people who put up signs implying...