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...

Taproot Theatre in Seattle is presently running a play about one of my faith heroes, Sophie Scholl.  Along with her brother Hans, these...

If you care about poverty, homelessness, mental illness, drug addiction, or the morale of law enforcement, I hope you find some time to...

I don’t blame them, but I’m angry – because people who are rejecting the faith aren’t rejecting the real Jesus.  They’re rejecting an...

Somewhere in between the micro of the atom and macro of the universe, reside the flora and fauna we encounter on a regular basis in our...

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming...

My temptation in such times is what sociologists call ‘cocooning’, a tendency to withdraw into the predictability of our homes, close the...

The show has an adopted child in the family – I’m an adopted child in my family. The sister among the siblings struggles with weight  –...

What’s going on?  Why does Joe Rogan have 30 million podcasts downloads each month?  And, more cogent to this blog and my own musings:...

The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy… but I have come that they might have life!  – Jesus the Christ Each untimely loss is tragic,...

I don’t present them in order of importance.  Rather, I read this book last fall, saw it on my shelf, and thought, “Why not start with...

Born in Germany and educated both there and at Oxford, Delmer was uniquely qualified to have a foot in both German and British culture, a...

Here’s a free chapter for all those folks you know in your lives who have walked the road of success for a bit of distance and are both...

Christians are outraged over a movie, it’s nearly certain that, not only will I like it, but that there will be an element of the gospel...

Joyful Noise at Taproot Theater is not to be missed. I’ve been to lots of funerals, partly because I’m a pastor and partly because death...

retrieving our car meant enjoying this view again today! My wife and I recently returned from a beautiful adventure, hiking 50 miles of...

“Speaking of Jesus”, which is one of my favorite books, precisely because the author has a knack for telling people about Jesus as if...

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...