Sitting in Nashville International Airport, the strains of an acoustic guitarist crooning the sweet melodies of my college days mix with the urgent advice of diligent gate agents and the innumerable half-conversations around me, I am overwhelmed by the abundance of God’s mercy toward me. The last few days have Read more…
I am so sorry! The whole point of this blog is to give God glory by sharing with you His everyday work in my life every day. Instead, I have been looking for some spectacular story to tell…That’s no good. My life does not consist of spectacular events…just everyday me Read more…
Thanksgiving (not the holiday) restores my perspective, makes me aware of hope, centers me. The last ten days has included the white-knuckle exhilaration of the switchbacks of the Beartooth Highway, the breathless awe of the view over the windy, wildflower-laden tundra above the tree line, the sad finality of the Read more…
For the last week-and-a-half, I have had the joyous, challenging, and exhausting privilege of leading a group of nearly 30 teens and adults to prepare for and present a series of short continuing-story dramas for a week-long children’s event. (That is why there was no post last week.) This is Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be yours as well. -Matthew 6:33 My commitment is to follow Jesus every day in the everyday…So, how shall I think about Jesus as the King over my food choices? Does it matter? Why would He care? Should Read more…
Dear friends, Sometimes you can get stuff done when you said you would, and sometimes you can’t. This has been one of those times. So, if you were expecting a new song release today or even March 1, I am sorry for disappointing you. We are working on a song Read more…
Dear Friend, You have value. Inestimable worth, actually. It is not your talents, gifts, strength or beauty that give you value. It is not your skills, courtesy, diplomacy or eloquence. It is not your real estate, bank account, job title or stock portfolio. It is not even your creativity, self-sacrifice Read more…
The roof of wooden lattice suspended on three long pieces of metal pipe supported by aging wooden trellis on one end and a rusting archway on the other finally gave up the ghost! I planted the Thompson seedless grape vines the first spring we lived in this house (over fifteen Read more…
It had been a terrible morning. I had not dealt well with a child in the throes of the “terrible twos.” I had gotten very angry, lost control, been very harsh…violent, even. My intention had been to attend a gathering were my guilty, angry, wounded heart was fed truth and Read more…
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these will be yours as well. -Matthew 6:33 Thanks to countless church services and Bible studies (and my personal study), I have a lot of really great ideas about God, but my own functional thoughts about Him, how I relate to Read more…