Surely God is in this place and I didn't know it - Jacob the patriarch Do not neglect to show hospitality.... Hebrews 13 I walk into the...

OK, there was a sixteen year break in the middle, I’ll grant you that. But I began attending Bethany Community Church in 1976, left...

“…keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.“ Paul the apostle “…dispense true justice and practice...

No doubt you know many people who have dropped out of some realm of life... their calling, their relationship with God, their involvement...

We're learning to draw on the resources of Christ's life rather than our own resources - to eat from the fat of the land, rather than the...

What's lost? Our identity in Christ. Our world is filled with lies that literally steal the possibility of us living into our truest...

I'll be speaking this weekend in Southern California at a place called Forest Home. At a time when the church is polarized, confused,...

Here we are on another 'earth day', drinking water, eating food, and breathing air, just like all the other mammals on the planet. We do...

”Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and you will find rest for your souls” -...

It’s been snowing non-stop where I live for days on end. Before it began our world up here in the mountains was “covered” in snow. Now...

note to reader: The Twelve Gifts of Christmas was a series of posts I’d committed to writing, but three things derailed it. 1. My wife...

Dachau - early 21st century I’m standing in the field between the barracks and the fence in the German prison camp that is Dachau,...

`The angels declared it: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth PEACE, goodwill toward all people.” “Peace“ defies easy definition...

Day Seven - Unique Gifts from God to You “Those who have a why to live for can bear almost any how.” —Friedrich Nietzsche. “The place God...

The Bible begins with the story of a man and woman who were ‘naked and not ashamed’ and we’re told that at the end of the story ”we shall...

Daring Greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. - B. Brown When a person turns to the Lord, the veil...

It’s hard to believe the amount of shame associated with the body that has been inflicted on people ‘in the name of Jesus.’ People hate...

I’m spending this unique Christmas opening a different gift everyday (though I’m a bit late in getting started because I’ve been getting...

This past Saturday I ran around the perimeter of the lake that sits near the church I’ve led for 25 years, as of December 1st. It was a...

”In everything give thanks.” This exhortation found in Paul’s letter to a church in Greece, has become wall art in countless homes. In...