06.15.2021 – Justice issues – 10 Comments on The Difference Between Being Woke and Awake The Difference Between Being Woke and Awake My hand-me-down religion wasn’t working too well. It was a hard time, a time where I felt broken and needy. Now I see… Read Post
06.08.2021 – Faith & risk – 4 Comments on Floyd McClung R.I.P. – He Showed Us ‘God-Space’ Floyd McClung R.I.P. – He Showed Us ‘God-Space’ “God space is living between the end of your resources and abilities and what God wants you to do for Him.” Read Post
06.04.2021 – Community and Covenant – 11 Comments on Be Loyal to People, Not Organizations Be Loyal to People, Not Organizations Internet life is founded on virtual relationships and transactional commitments. We begin to see relationships throug… Read Post
05.26.2021 – Refugees & Crisis – 4 Comments on This Refugee Story Took 41 Years to Tell This Refugee Story Took 41 Years to Tell We humans tend to live in the short-term, but God sees the totality of our lives. How many of our stories are still b… Read Post
05.19.2021 – Dreaming – 9 Comments on Lake Atitlan – A Place to Birth New Dreams Lake Atitlan – A Place to Birth New Dreams I came to Lake Atitlan in 1975. I had been depressed for most of my high school years. I didn’t know who I was or… Read Post
05.13.2021 – Missions – 31 Comments on What Does Jesus Teach About Missions? What Does Jesus Teach About Missions? Jesus’ last words to his disciples were to give them a mission. “Go and make disciples of all nations,” he said. (… Read Post
04.29.2021 – Courage – 10 Comments on I Lost My Courage & Had to Fight to Get it Back I Lost My Courage & Had to Fight to Get it Back Last night on my iphone I accidentally deleted a file called “Courageous Living” a list of eight ways to live courage… Read Post
04.21.2021 – Amazing God Stories – 12 Comments on Witnessing a Miracle as God Heals a Racer Witnessing a Miracle as God Heals a Racer It’s easy to be a skeptic in America. But as Elina Landin reports, seeing is believing. She witnessed God heal he… Read Post
04.14.2021 – Better Living – 6 Comments on The Fruits of Patient Living Can Be Ours The Fruits of Patient Living Can Be Ours Once we were with friends driving to the Deer Lodge restaurant in the North Georgia mountains. I had heard about … Read Post
04.05.2021 – Spiritual Coaching – 13 Comments on On the task of not being a victim On the task of not being a victim A friend wrote me to say, “I disagreed with a young person and she told me that I caused her even more trauma than sh… Read Post
03.18.2021 – Amazing God Stories – 2 Comments on How Revival Started in Cuba How Revival Started in Cuba For 29 years Castro’s communist regime Cuba shut down religion. The worst region was Matanza. But in 1988, a great r… Read Post
03.10.2021 – Journeys – 14 Comments on My Amazing Matthew 10 Experience in Cuba My Amazing Matthew 10 Experience in Cuba In 1995, I felt the Lord saying “Go to Cuba.” I set up a trip through a contact who knew Cuba well. But he hadn’… Read Post
02.28.2021 – Courage – 6 Comments on Resisting the Nazis to Save a Life Resisting the Nazis to Save a Life This morning I was listening the On Being podcast with Ariel Burger, the author of Witness: Lessons from Elie Wie… Read Post
02.23.2021 – Intergenerational connection – 2 Comments on Why Young Men Need Initiation Why Young Men Need Initiation Life is hard. We enter the world screaming, live 80 years and then spend our last years in some nursing home. To live… Read Post
02.17.2021 – Journeys – 8 Comments on Pilgrimage is About What You Leave Behind Pilgrimage is About What You Leave Behind In the months ahead, coming out of a season laced with virus and death, we so desperately need a pilgrimage. We n… Read Post
02.09.2021 – Journeys – 5 Comments on The Matthew 10 Process For Getting to Intimacy The Matthew 10 Process For Getting to Intimacy Who doesn’t want intimacy with God? Many people doubt that it’s even possible, but not those of us who follow Jesus. … Read Post
01.16.2021 – Kingdom Dreams – 13 Comments on Why Should I Go To Nigeria? Why Should I Go To Nigeria? Lagos, Nigeria – What comes to mind? “Isn’t that where travelers get bags stolen at the airport?” Doesn’t the Sta… Read Post
01.12.2021 – Wounded healers – 36 Comments on How To Help a Parent to Die Well How To Help a Parent to Die Well Saying goodbye to my dad was one of the hardest and best things I’ve ever done. It took a year. He was in horribl… Read Post
01.07.2021 – Lordship – 3 Comments on Shedding the Stuff That Weighs You Down Shedding the Stuff That Weighs You Down Politicians wield power, but the political world is messy. And the temptation to look to it for answers is tempting. … Read Post
01.05.2021 – Better Living – 2 Comments on 6 Ways to Reboot Your Brain in 2021 6 Ways to Reboot Your Brain in 2021 2021 is going to be a good year for many of us. Millions will receive the vaccine. Others will learn the prophylactic… Read Post
01.01.2021 – Redemption – 2 Comments on Appreciating the Gifts of 2020 Appreciating the Gifts of 2020 Goodbye 2020. You were a complicated year. You brought disease, conflict and unwanted change. You locked us down and … Read Post
12.30.2020 – Spiritual Formation – 12 Comments on The Spiritual & Physical Benefits of Fasting The Spiritual & Physical Benefits of Fasting As the new year approaches, I think about fasting. I don’t like it, but I know I need it. Our society offers us t… Read Post
12.29.2020 – Debriefing – 3 Comments on Beautiful Questions to Ask in 2021 Beautiful Questions to Ask in 2021 It’s the in between time. Time to take a last look into that maelstrom that was 2020 before shutting the door on all … Read Post
12.28.2020 – Debriefing – 6 Comments on What Do Old Journals Say About My Life? What Do Old Journals Say About My Life? I have made a habit of journaling for most of my life. In the attic I keep a box spilling over with old journals … Read Post
