The church hasn’t been immune to this polarizing.  We’ve mirrored the culture’s political tribal hatred, enough so that it’s increasingly...

My granddaughter moved in a few weeks ago.  O yeah – my daughter and son-in-law moved in too, but I’m writing about my granddaughter...

On Sunday November 25th I’ll be speaking at all our Bethany locations on the very important subject of how to turn spiritual disciplines...

Give, give, give, means that there can be only one response.  Receive, receive, receive.  We can’t earn the gift that is Christ.  We’ll...

During the days between now and Christmas, I want to share some reflections with you about the many gifts that are part of the One Gift...

But now here you are, seated and in your right mind,  wondering how it happened that you were a different person yesterday. The answer’s...

Schladming for a little bit of rest before I head up to England for a week of speaking at Capernwray Hall.   The week is a break in the...

We know the Bible, the words on scroll, know it like the back of our hands.  But the Bible doesn’t bring peace.  Neither does...

“Peace be to you” says Jesus, standing in the midst of the disciples, in a room with a locked door where he’s suddenly appeared without...

Truth be told though, the ocean of details can conspire with my own Type A personality and propensity to get anxious about stuff, and...

“all who are thirsty…” Yesterday I spent some time in what is slowly becoming a sabbath routine for this season of life.  My wife and I...

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

As the cemetery comes into view on this spectacular January afternoon, I feel as if I’m being transported back in time, because this...

The story exemplifies the spirit of many who lived through the Great Depression and fought a World War in Europe and Asia at the same...

I’m happy to offer a repost today of something offered earlier this summer during my sabbatical because it seems so very appropriate...

That’s because I live in a different world.  I live in a world where I know more and more people who are coming out of closet; they’re...

In two weeks I’ll be home, preparing to meet people in the church I lead who I haven’t seen in nearly three months.  Their priceless gift...

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...

(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!...

It was supposed to be the Cascades… I spoke with a couple last week who lost their child to cancer at the age of six.  As we talked of...