“I want to run away,” I sometimes say, half-jokingly, when I feel like the challenges are too much. In that moment, a little cabin on a river somewhere deep in the mountains of Idaho sounds inviting – yes, just for… Continue reading

I went to bed with a heavy heart and woke up feeling much the same. After a quick scan of news headlines from the whole political spectrum, the one thing just about everybody agrees on is that the “Presidential” debate… Continue reading

Repent! Nobody really likes that call. When my children were young, part of my responsibility was to correct, to call them to change their ways. Did they enjoy that? They didn’t and neither did I! I loved recognizing their accomplishments,… Continue reading

2020 has turned too many of us into cynics! A cynic, by the dictionary’s definition, “is a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable or unselfish reasons.” Henry Ward Beecher, a well… Continue reading

If the chaos that is 2020 has done nothing else, it has reminded me (you, too?) of how little control over life we really possess. A tiny virus arrived and brought fear the like of which I have not known… Continue reading

Timothy Keller, author of Walking With God Through Pain, asks an insightful question for all Christians – are you living for God’s glory? If we make God our accomplice in achieving the life we desire, we will resent suffering and… Continue reading

Faith has taken a beating in 2020!  How can life become so difficult for so many so quickly?  How can I live in the peace of God when circumstances overwhelm me? IF your faith is bruised and bloodied by doubts… Continue reading

A text arrived on my phone about a mutual friend (I’ll call him G.) who constantly pushed the limits, broke the rules, and resisted authority of every kind.  Tragically he died when he was much too young, his death the… Continue reading

Disappointed?  Many feel that and not always without reason.  A pastor friend posted this morning that he is 33 but as a result of the stresses of ministry feels 40! My guess is that he is dealing with missed expectations… Continue reading

I remember driving along the highway a few years ago and seeing a billboard with large letters – GODISNOWHERE.  Like most people, the first thing I read as my brain decoded the letters was “God is nowhere.”  I thought some… Continue reading