Years ago I found myself in a debate over an organization’s mission statement.  At the time it read, “meeting people at their point of...

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...

Plunge your pole, hard, into the place you anticipate placing your foot.  Look carefully.  Step quickly.  Go! They’ve collapsed under my...

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...

“Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing at all” is how Helen Keller put it.  She’s was onto something, surely.  When Dave...

It’s no news that we live in a world of increasing insanity, where daily headlines serve to remind us that humanity is collectively, like...

Even the desert will bloom… Note: I’m presently offering a short series of the many ways in which our enemy seeks to steal, kill, and...

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

I started a little vacation about a week ago.  The plan was to hike a big chunk of the Pacific Crest Trail with my wife of nearly 37...

Scientists are discovering that humans are also profound beneficiaries of the forest.  “Forsest Bathing”, which simply means to walk in a...

NOTE:   This is from a chapter entitled, “Exposure”.  I deal with the deadly life shrinking nature of fear in this post.   Sorry it’s...

All right then.  It will be a day to put on the touring skis, which means attaching friction creating skins to the base of the skis and...

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

“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...

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

I’m sitting here on my weekly day of Sabbath, staring out the window at fir trees laden with wet, dripping life down onto the soil and...

“we started when we were kids and just never stopped” when are you too old to ride your bike to church? They’re brothers, these two guys...

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...

(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...