“That’s not me,” I thought while trying to keep a mental distance from ‘those people.’  I found comfort in thinking that I had somehow become better than people who sinned in this way or that. When I heard of some… Continue reading

Mark Twain said, “Clothes make the man.”  The humorist finished that quote saying, “Naked people have little or no influence on society!”  My choice of clothing don’t really change me, but how I am dressed most certainly effects the way… Continue reading

The heavy slabs of concrete in the sidewalk tilted at an angle.  They were displaced by years of steady growth of a tree, exerting force steadily, nearly invisibly.  Through icy winters and hot summers, through years of too much rain… Continue reading

Most of you have not shared my experience of opening a gate and hearing the rolling noise of horses galloping out to pasture. It’s exhilarating!  Dad always kept horses, breeding, training selling them; when I was growing up. What a… Continue reading

Not many Americans would put “meek” on a list of admired character qualities. The people who know how to get things done, who are able to take charge, get the promotions. Success, at least in the earthly sense, comes to… Continue reading

He claims to be a Christian and says he is a minister of Christ, but the email I received from him was full of threatening language about how he was going to contact this one and pressure that one and… Continue reading

Today, perhaps tomorrow, or next month, there will be a problem in your life that defies you to take it down!  It will threaten, obstruct, and send fear rippling through your body.  Do you have the resources on which to… Continue reading

Killing Jesus, Bill O’Reilly’s book which sets the crucifixion of Jesus in historical context, reveals the depravity that gripped the ruling class of Rome.  Our Savior came into an ugly, brutal world. The nobility of the empire were not noble.… Continue reading

Running on Empty Dary Northrup recounts arriving at the Denver airport eager to get home.  It was late at night and his bed was just an hour away!  As he drove through a desolate stretch of Northern Colorado, a light… Continue reading

For several Sunday nights it’s been my privilege to gather with several people for “Foundations.”  We talk about the basics of being a Jesus follower. Last night, as we wrapped up, one of the participants remarked, “This is deep!”  In… Continue reading