What movement have you seen, studied, or been a part of that didn’t happen in part because people created margin in their lives in order to participate in that movement?  […]

Sherry and I met first thing yesterday morning to kick […]

I sat with some friends yesterday who showed me the husbands’ medical bill totalling nearly $900,000.00.  We spoke of the grace of God being like the insurance company’s paying off […]

Who wants to encounter disquieting and irritating disabilities that gnaw […]

God could easily have passed Adam and Eve by when they stumbled and fell back in the Garden, so many years ago.  Yet, He is a Redeeming God Who slows […]

Imagine if we as a community saw the opportunity we have in our local towns and neighborhoods to connect and show God’s compassion.  If we truly saw the opportunity for […]

Friends, the prognosis is looking up!  When you think of winter, do you typically see beautiful colors like those caught in this photo by Thomas Atkins – photographer extraordinaire?  I’d like […]

In re-reading chapter one of The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God, I am thrilled at the timeliness of this book.  Anyone I’ve […]

After trying to form a once a month marriage night […]

The Plane Ride Home – Testimony of God’s Grace by Benjamin Nye I was raised in a Christian family, but from the time I was very young I remember always […]

Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the opportunity to engage both over the phone and in person with a new friend, Matt Y.  He devoted several years to serving […]

(Right away I need to share that I’m shamelessly taking this continuum idea from a book called Half Time by Bob Buford.) Amongst believers and among humanity in general, we go […]

In the last few weeks, I’ve been sobered by many different moving pieces in my wife’s and my life.  We have a business down in what we Californians call the […]

During our men’s fellowship in God’s Word yesterday – we’re in Hebrews now – we were all impacted at one point when Daniel Porter pointed out: “We were never intended […]

Okay, so I’m partial. I seriously love my home community. Recently, my wife and I along with my parents and brother were able to be involved in the making of […]

How can Solomon make this exclamation about his bride in Song of Solomon 6:9-10? I think I get it. When I make these sorts of exclamations regarding Carrie, she often […]